I hear ya, Jersey. I have an oak coming up through my Orange Marmalade. But this particular oak has very huge paddle-shaped leaved and it's so beautiful, I don't want to destroy it. I'm going to have to move it though. Anyone have tips on transplanting an oak?

Lainey

I would like some info to on transplanting them too. I have green , green & white tips , green with a hint of redish pink. all with a nice leaf shape.

Over on the Winter Sowing forum,there is a very young boy who has started hundreds-yes-hundreds of trees from seed,some one over there will know who he is,i bet he can help you out.Give him a try.

Carol

Just dig it up....getting lots of root ball....take the hosta with it....after all hostas like shade.
In my front yard there is a huge...HUGE oak that was a little 5 foot saplint growing in the garden when we moved in 72..the next spring I had it moved, cost $10 to have the garden center move it. They questioned me...didn't I want to buy a tree and have them plant it? It would cost $25 but it would be guaranteed?...I said I'll just move my little tree!
A peony got moved with the tree....looked a little odd there next to the tree and wasn't blooming....so my daughter (who was 13 when the tree was moved) dug it up to put in the yard of their 2nd house! She was about 32 at the time!
Just dig it and move it!
Linda C

I agree about moving Oaks. You can literally pull them out(if they are small enough) with your hands,and,if you have any roots at all they would grow. I once grew an Oak from an acorn in Florida. I planted it in the corner of our lot,and when we moved here,it was 30 feet high! Of course,you have to understand,trees grow all year 'round in Fla. Phil

What a funny thread. And so familiar! I don't have oak volunteers but I do have about 6 or 7 spanking new chestnut trees growing all over my city yard this spring. There are NO chestnuts growing anywhere in our neighbourhood. None. Nada. Zero. Zip!!! I'm totally mystified. None of my neighbours have admitted to bringing in bucketfuls of chestnuts last fall, nor has my son confessed to planting any. So, I'm forced to surmise that we have very far-roaming squirrels! I like the baby trees, but I can't possibly adopt all of them. At least some of them will need to be fostered to a country home or two, I think.

*sigh* I have 4 Nefarious Maple Tree Devils in my yard... each of which let loose a horrifically majestic crop of helicopters in my yard. I've been battling with them for weeks and now I'm left with pulling up literally thousands of Maples. As if they weren't bad enough on their own, now they're having babies... EVERYWHERE. My neighbor was laughing at me today as I pulled them out. Maybe it was the muttering, "I see you. You rotten ba@*!$%s can't hide from me... I'll find you and kill you wherever you may seek to hide. I shall not let my evil nemesis live!" It went on in that vein for sometime.

I guess it's what I get for moving a block over from Maple Street. Then again, oddly enough, Maple Street primarily hosts conifers, whilst my street has about 4 Maples in every yard.

Should've seen my gutters... I could've started a Maple nursery.