"Molly Fredericks" wrote in message
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| They are probably referring to oaks found up north, not Live Oaks.
|
|

No; Texas live oak. You can see lots of evidence of this sort by
picking a house you know now that has a live oak and then going to the
Austin History Center and finding a photo of that house in the 1890's,
1920's, or whenever.


| "Rusty Mase" wrote in message
| ...
| On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:57:24 GMT, "Texensis"
| wrote:
|
| Live oaks grow much faster than people commonly believe.
|
| Yes, and the occassional reference to 400 year-old specimens
always
| rings a little funny to me.
|

| A healthy young live oak, properly transplanted should be growing
at a
| rate of diameter increase of at least 1/2 inch per year. Thus a
2"
| container plant transplanted correctly with good soils and care
should
| approach 8" diameter in less than 10 years.
|
| A little patience is much better than paying to transplant an 8"
| diameter tree.
|
| Rusty Mase
|
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