Kindred Spirit®Hybrid Oak Quercus Kindred Spirit® 'Nadler'
- Phonetic Spelling
- KWER-kus
- Description
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Kindred Spirit® Oak is a hybrid of a Swamp Oak (Q. bicolor) and the Columnar English Oak (Q. robur 'Fastigiata'). It has a columnar growth habit and it was bread to be powdery mildew resistant. Even though it is a hybrid it still produces acorns that provide a food source for small mammals. Mass plant them to form a tall hedge or use as a specimen. Once established it is drought tolerant and it does tolerate clay soils and salt well.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Quercus
- Family:
- Fagaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Woody
- Wildlife Value:
- Acorns provide food for small mammals.
- Particularly Resistant To (Insects/Diseases/Other Problems):
- Powdery mildew
- Dimensions:
- Height: 20 ft. 0 in. - 40 ft. 0 in.
- Width: 5 ft. 0 in. - 10 ft. 0 in.
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Perennial
- Tree
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Habit/Form:
- Columnar
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Clay
- Soil Drainage:
- Good Drainage
- Moist
- Occasionally Dry
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Flowers:
- Flower Inflorescence:
- Insignificant
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
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Leaves:
- Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:
- Deciduous
- Leaf Color:
- Gray/Silver
- Green
- Deciduous Leaf Fall Color:
- Brown/Copper
- Gold/Yellow
- Leaf Type:
- Simple
- Hairs Present:
- No
- Leaf Description:
- Dark green on top silver underneath displaying yellow and bronze fall color.
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Location:
- Vertical Spaces
- Landscape Theme:
- Drought Tolerant Garden
- Design Feature:
- Hedge
- Mass Planting
- Small groups
- Specimen
- Street Tree
- Attracts:
- Small Mammals
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Diseases
- Drought
- Salt
- Problems:
- Problem for Horses
