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American Dream Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor ‘American Dream’
Everything is included in this price: the plant, free delivery and professional installation
The price you see is the whole job: the plant supplied, delivered free and professionally installed. Done for you.
Supplied in 150Ltypically 2.5 to 3.5m tall on delivery
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Sizes shown are the sizes we currently source in this species. If you need larger specimens, project quantities or a size not listed, our sourcing team can look for it through our national supplier network. We confirm your exact stock with you on the booking call before anything ships.
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After checkout, our team contacts you to confirm site access and book a day that suits. Most orders are delivered and planted within 2 to 4 weeks of your booking call. Nothing else for you to organise.
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Product Details
Overview & Specifications
Price includes everything: the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.
American Dream Swamp White Oak - Quercus bicolor ‘American Dream’
Swamp white oak is the oak that solves difficult ground: it handles periodic waterlogging and then turns around and tolerates drought, which is a rare combination in a large shade tree. ‘American Dream’ is a selected form of Quercus bicolor chosen for a straighter central leader and more uniform branching than seedling trees, making it far better suited to avenues and streetscapes. Its foliage carries the species signature: dark green above, silvery white beneath, so the whole canopy flickers pale in a breeze.
Why American Dream Oak
Wet and Dry Tolerance: Copes with seasonally waterlogged soil and, once established, extended dry periods.
Uniform Structure: Selected for consistent form and a dominant leader, so a row of trees matches.
Two Toned Foliage: Dark green leaf surfaces over silvery undersides give movement and light in the canopy.
Faster Than Most Oaks: Puts on useful height and canopy noticeably quicker than English or pin oak.
pH Adaptability: Handles a wider soil pH range than many oaks, which reduces the risk of leaf yellowing.
Ideal Applications
Avenue and Street Planting: Uniform habit and a strong leader make it a proper avenue tree.
Poorly Drained Sites: Suits low lying lawn, drainage swales and areas that hold water after rain.
Parkland Shade: Provides broad, dense summer shade over open turf.
Acreage and Rural Feature: A long lived shade tree for lifestyle blocks with room for a full sized oak.
Specimen & Installation
Spacing (screening/hedge): Not a screening tree. In a grouped stand allow 8 to 10m.
Spacing (feature/avenue): 10 to 14m, kept well clear of footings, paving and drainage lines
Best Planting Season: Winter and early spring while dormant
Soil & Drainage: Deep soil across a wide pH range, from moist heavy ground to ordinary loam. It handles periodic wet feet far better than most oaks but still performs best where water eventually moves away.
Establishment Care: Water deeply through the first three summers to build the deep root system oaks depend on, then reduce as the tree takes over. Mulch out to the drip line, keep turf and grass competition off the root zone in the early years, and prune only to maintain a single dominant leader.
Plant Details
Height: 12 to 18m in cultivation
Width: 8 to 12m
Growth Rate: Moderate to fast for an oak
Foliage: Deciduous, dark green above with silvery white undersides, turning yellow to bronze in autumn
Light: Full sun
Native to: Species native to the north eastern and central United States and south eastern Canada
Flower Colour: Insignificant, green catkins in spring, followed by acorns
Delivery & Installation
Delivery and installation are included in your price
No freight calculators and no separate installation quote for a standard installation. Your price covers specialist plant transport, positioning and professional planting by our installation team. The whole job, handled.
- Wrapped, secured and transported by specialist plant freight.
- Professionally planted, staked and finished by our install team.
- Our team confirms site access and schedules a time that suits you.
Installation
Professional installation included, never extra
Every plant we sell is planted by our professional installation team, and it's already in the price. We coordinate the delivery, the machinery and the planting for standard site access, so your only job is choosing the tree. Unusual access or engineering requirements? We'll confirm everything with you after checkout before any work begins.
Questions? Send An EnquiryWhy Nursery Direct
Every price includes supply, delivery and installation
Buying a mature tree often means three separate jobs: the plant, the freight and finding someone to plant it. We price the whole job as one: the tree, the delivery and the professional install.
- One price: supplied, delivered and installed
- Mature trees and specimen palms at every scale
- National sourcing for hard-to-find stock
- Residential, estate and commercial projects
How It Works
Place your order. We do the rest.
We Supply
Premium advanced stock, selected from a national network of wholesale growers.
We Deliver
Specialist plant freight brings your order to your door. Free, anywhere in Australia.
We Install
Our professional team plants, stakes, mulches and finishes the job on site.







