Quercus 'Regal Prince'

Regal Prince® Oak

Size

Regal Prince Oak is a hybrid between Upright English Oak and Swamp Oak, making a sturdy deciduous tree that transplants easy with a signature columnar habit.  Its large lobed foliage with a silvery underside that turns rich yellow and brown in fall.  Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, acidic well-drained soils.  Regal Prince is fast-growing for an oak and tolerates both drought and wet soils.

Type: 

Tree

Height: 

40’ - 60’

Spread: 

15’ - 25’

Spacing: 

20’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 7

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Green

Season of Interest:

Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Chlorosis is common in alkaline or neutral soils.  Oaks are susceptible to a large number of diseases, including oak wilt, blight, root rot, anthracnose, oak leaf blister, cankers, leaf spots, and powdery mildew.  Potential insect pests include scale, oak skeletonizer, leaf miner, galls, oak lace bugs, borers, caterpillars and nut weevils.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersWoodland GardensNaturalized AreasWildlife Gardens Privacy Screen, and Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Spirea, Burning Bush, Serviceberry

IMAGES: Bruce Kirchoff, (2) Quercus robur, (2) John Robert McPhersonQuercus robur 7th Brigade Park Chermside P1030297CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Quercus robur Regal Prince 2zzCC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Quercus robur Regal Prince 3zzCC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Uoaei1Quercus robur St. Marein 20151026CC BY-SA 4.0 

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown