Acorn and oak

The oak tree is sacred to many people. Thanks to its longevity and its persistent greenery, it is also called "Tree of life", like the Thuja. In mythology, Zeus transformed Philemon into an oak tree to thank him for his piety. Furthermore, many rituals used acorns, especially for prophecy.

Use these step-by-step instructions to grow an acorn into an oak tree. Find out how to choose the best acorns in fall and follow the tutorial to sprout the seed, grow it into a sapling, and plant it in your garden.

Close-up of an oak branch with acorns and yellow-green leaves on a blurry background of lights.

Download this stock image: Common Oak, English Oak (Quercus robur). Acorn on a twig in autumn. Germany - TREY85 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.

This is an absolutely stunning digital image of acorn and oak leaves. This is a beautifully bright and colorfully brilliant Victorian scrap. The acorns are shiny and gorgeous, and the oak leaves are lovely and lush. I've given you both the .jpg and .png files of this botanical digital image. I've posted another acorn digital graphic here. Enjoy!

Fall is here and the acorns are falling. Here we will discuss the best ways to pick up acorns and some options for disposing acorns.

Drawing of a small oak tree branch with leaves and acorns. This oak leaves and acorns drawing is from the artist William Walker (b. 1821).

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Here's how to grow an oak tree from a germinated acorn with these easy-to-follow instructions on how to collect, properly prepare, and plant an acorn.

Attract some hungry feathered friends and possibly some giant killer squirrels to your backyard with these nature-inspired acorn bird feeders.