I know it grows in Edmonton, Alberta. Nutcracker is Canadian so you'll have added costs and a large minimum order in order to ship to the States.

There's an attractive mature specimen growing at the U of Minnesota Arb. I believe it was planted in the early 1960's and is around 35'. Nice tree.

I might give nutcracker a call and see what they say.

Seems like an Oak that is worthy of more attention (mostly) for those that don't have acidic soil.

Based on the size of the Minnesota tree, it might make for an interesting specimen where a slow growing oak would be welcome.

Can't speak to the species, but I did order about a dozen trees from Nutcracker last spring as bare root and all but one of them survived (a Taxodium distichum). They had also incorrectly shipped me a Cornus florida, I believe, instead of a Metasequoia, but they were quick to remedy that and sent me out the Dawn Redwood right away.

Based upon that one experience I would have no problems recommending them, and I plan to order another bunch from them in the next month or so.

F.W. Schumacher has them. 3-6 months stratification. You can get a 1/4 pound of them for $8.15. Or a trial pack of probably 8-10 nuts.

I've grown them from seed and in a couple years they'll be three feet tall I'm sure.

If I'm recalling correctly, Reeseville Ridge Nursery used to sell them, however it looks like they're building a new website. The guy's email address is shown if you google the nursery.

Dax

P.s. I have a friend that likely has seedlings. I'll ask him if if you email or message me.

I actually bought 1/4 pound of q. mongolica acorns from schumacher two or three years ago. Almost all of them germinated even if they all floated and felt hollow to the touch. I don't even know where I planted all seedlings, they are dispersed aorund my woods by now. I don't know what sub species they where though, their leaves looked more like q. robur than the mongolica pics you will see if you google for them.

There are 2 mature specimens at the MN Landscape Arboretum; the tag says they were planted in the 1960's. That means they've handled -35F winters and lived to tell the tale. Based on those two trees, I really agree that they're under-utilized. They have the gnarled beauty of a bur oak, but only reach half their size, which would be ideal for smaller lots.

I grew a few of my own from acorns I collected a few years ago, and planted the best one in my front yard. It was slow to grow the first two years, but this past year it shot up pretty well. It's fall coloration was also a nice yellow-orange.