My 45 gallon White Oak, purchased from Bill Bownds Nursery, was planted in January of 2014 and has become one of my favorite trees. The main reason for this is the spectacular deep red autumn foliage. The main issue with the White Oak was initially anthracnose. In our yard, this fungus was more severe on the leaves of the White Oak than any other tree. Most new leaves in the damp springs of 2014, 2015, and 2016 were yellow, mis-shapen and curled with ragged brown edges. Later new growth was relatively unaffected. The following picture is from June 7th 2014.
Eventually the yellowish leaves greened up and remained mis-shapen all summer. Lovely pink breaking buds in spring.
Bright red autumn leaves in November.
This tree produces acorns prolifically. Below is a picture from September 17th 2016. The only other oaks that produced acorns in 2016 were the Burr Oak, the Live Oak, and the Water Oak.
On March 26th 2017, the White Oak was covered in new growth - pastel shades of pink and green.
On April 8th 2017, the tree was looking good.
In early September 2017, I discovered two huge boreholes (about half inch diameter) in the trunk - when I poked a stick inside, it penetrated about 10 inches into the trunk at an upwards angle. Obviously these are exit holes of some kind of boring insect - I'm hoping there were no more than two of these. I poured systemic imidacloprid around the trunk as soon as I noticed the holes. The picture below shows the hole just right of the upper middle.
On November 17th 2017, the White Oak leaves were spottily changing color - mostly browns and greens but also some hints of red.
On April 22nd 2018, the White Oak leafed out very well with no sign of anthracnose for the first time.
In 2019, the White Oak lost most of its leaves during the brutal hot, dry month of August, like several other trees in my yard.