where you will observe acorns that have started turning from green to brown or are already entirely brown. This is the stage at which you should select which types of oak you want to grow ...

Its widespread branches are covered with dark green ... white oak supports hundreds of other organisms including fungi, mammals, birds, and insects, many of which feast on the oak's acorns.

The leaves, bark and acorns of the oak were believed to heal many medical ailments including diarrhoea, inflammation and kidney stones. There are around 600 species of oak. In Britain we have two ...