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Help - what to plant around oak trees

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Help - what to plant around oak trees (post #19396)

Jiggie on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 10:53
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I have many oak trees in my yard - front and back - and the only thing I have been able to grow around them is a ground cover.  Does anyone know of any perennials or shrubs that I can plant around oak trees?

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Plants around Oak trees (post #19396, reply #1 of 1)

by KimmI in reply to Jiggie [original] on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 03:49

How much sunlight gets there?

What kind of soil?

What is that soil like?

What is the soils pH?

How well does that soil drain?

How much organic matter is in that soil?

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