Oak trees hanging on to leaves

 We drove up to Bridgwater and back this afternoon and noticed - as we
have here - that the oak trees are hanging onto their leaves long after
other trees have given up.  They're brown and dead leaves but they're
not fallling off!   Is there some lovely old country belief about " Oak
after Ash the snow just won't soak" Or something?  ;-))
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 writes

That's normal for oak.


Whether oak or ash comes into leaf first is alleged to have some
predictive value.

Oak before ash,  in for a splash.
Ash before oak, in for a soak.

But it seems to be unsubstantiated.

      http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/findings/spring/oakandash.htm
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

 On 2010-12-15 18:46:41 +0000, Stewart Robert Hinsley


Not round here.  Ray has lived here for 30 years as opposed to my 12
and neither of us remember oak trees behaving quite like this at this
time of year *when all other trees have given up their leaves*.


Yes, I know of that old saying.
--
Sacha

 
I would say it was normal for Oaks too.  I'm often working in Northern
Germany at this time of year, and just like the oaks in my garden
theirs hang onto brown leaves well into February.

Just checked the one in my back garden, and it is white with snow and
brown with leaf.

 

So that sort of begs the question as to whether it's the effect of the
early cold weather here?  I'm saying this because I imagine Northern
Germany is *usually* cold by now, whereas here it's been exceptionally
so for the time of year.
--
Sacha