Shumard certainly does great around here in DFW. For a while, it used to be a big problem with the seed source being from the east that can't grow in alkaline soil. I was a victim of it. I know now what to look for. I saw all of those trees at the nurseries lately and it seemed that they have fixed that problem. How prone are they to oak wilt? I don't know. I see great big red oak trees around here so I wouldn't call it a problem yet but it may have more to do with how you treat the trees. Organically cared for, properly watered, etc might do better than heavily dependent on chemicals, poor water management, etc. Chinkapin oak is a great oak with ugly fall color. I don't know about Lacy Oak mainly because of super slow growth based on my observation at my neighbor down the street. Perhaps poor maintenance or badly girdled? After several years, I don't think it even topped total growth amount of a foot. I had Shantung maple that was the same size of that tree 3 years ago is much bigger now. Mexican white oak (alternative evergreen oak to live oak for oak wilt resistant in central Texas), Canby oak (evergreen red oak, bald cypress (central Texas source, not eastern if you can find one ), Montezuma cypress (more evergreen cousin of bald cypress)are others for you to try out. What kind of soil do you have?

The tree is not a recent transplant. I am not sure of its age. It has been here since we moved in 6 years ago. It is approximately 25 ft tall.

Oil base is available in satin, semi and high gloss. Where as water base is available in wood look, extra matte, satin and semigloss. The added film build with oil base gives it more depth to the shine. If, the floor is properly sanded and prepped. The wood will shine, even at very low gloss like extra matte.

Sorry for the delay. I finally painted one of the side walls in White Sand yesterday as I had a couple of sample pots and it is not as dark as the sample when it is actually on the wall. It seemed to take out some of the green of the Edgecomb but still is too dark. After White Sand was on the wall I wanted to see how it compared to Maritime White so I painted a sample on top of the White Sand which may skew the colour some but they seem very similar other than Maritime White is lighter and maybe a bit more beige. I may be leaning towards Maritime White for the 28 foot wall as Edgecomb showed so much darker on that wall. Not the greatest pic but if you have any thoughts that would be great.