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Bur Oak (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$187.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $187.00 | $7.48 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $158.95 | $6.36 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $140.25 | $5.61 |
| 24 bundles and up | $121.55 | $4.86 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Only need a few? This page is wholesale, sold by the bundle. For smaller numbers, order our Bur Oak (Bundle of 3).
At a glance: Bur Oak is the long lived, drought tough oak of the northern plains, rated hardy to zone 3 in our ratings (winters to -40°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | Mossycup oak (Quercus macrocarpa) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 3 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-40°F). Grows in zones 3 to 8. A bare number means the whole of zone 3, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 28 to 32 ft tall in a dryland belt, 50 to 70 ft and up on good ground |
| Pollination | Wind-pollinated. It rarely sets acorns from its own pollen, so plant several trees. |
| Spacing | 12 to 18 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | The permanent tall row of a shelterbelt, shade, acorns for deer, turkeys and grouse |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. Protect young trees. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings, 2 years old, 25 plants to a bundle, or 20 to a bundle for 3 ft. and taller. Sizes: 6-10 in., 10-24 in., 2-3 ft. and 3 ft.+. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Bur oak is the tree you plant for your grandchildren. It is slow to start, then outlasts everything else in the belt by a century or two, on dry, windy, alkaline ground that would stunt other oaks.
Origin & History
Montana's only native oak. Native from southeast Montana (Carter County) and the Dakotas east across the Midwest. Its thick corky bark let it survive prairie fires.
Fruit & Uses
Big fringed acorns that deer, turkeys, grouse and squirrels live on in good years. People can use them too, as long as the tannins are leached out first. Strong wood that stands up to wind, ice and snow load.
Growth Habit
Broad, heavy limbed tree with a deep taproot. Expect little top growth for the first two or three years while it roots in. Once the taproot is down it does very well in Missoula, where mature bur oaks stand over 70 ft tall.
Spacing
Plant 12 to 18 ft apart in the row. A bundle of 25 covers 300 to 450 ft of row.
Pollination
Wind-pollinated. Plant several for reliable acorn crops.
Cold hardiness
We rate bur oak to zone 3, winters to -40°F. It leafs out late, so be patient in spring.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Shipping restrictions: We cannot ship bur oak to California or Oregon, where oak trees from other states are quarantined for oak wilt and only get in with an official state certificate. Check your own state and county list before planting.
Questions we get about Bur Oak
How cold hardy is Bur Oak?
We rate it hardy to zone 3, which means winters down to about -40°F.
How far apart do I plant Bur Oak?
12 to 18 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, roots packed in moist sawdust, shipped from Missoula or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them: a plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code toward a future order.