I must chime in. I haven't had success with QV in zone 6 Pa, but if you are zone 7, and try in ground who knows? My effort was with a 5 footer I brought back from Florida. It was not use to anything cooler than zone 8B, so it was probably doomed from the start. Acorns I tried were all duds from ebay, not a one of them sprouted. You may have a shot in zone 7. I am trying Quercus Fusiformis now, it is zone 6 hardy, it survived 2 months of last winter. I hadn't purchased it until Jan or Feb 2011. It took a while to get leaves this year but it may need some patience because it came from Arizona into my zone 6 yard midwinter. If you fail at QV try Q. Fusiformis. It is slightly shorter than QV until very old but stretches out like southern live eventually. The bad thing about live oaks is if you get lots of snow and the weight on branches. Shingle oak leaves are lance shaped but bigger and Willow oak has skinny lance shaped but longer leaves than QV. The Shingle and Willow oaks are fully hardy and deciduous oaks. I can relate about Q V being special and wanting one in your yard, when you see them down south in their element they are like no other tree. I had heard that there is one in Central park, NYC but it may be the hardier Q Fusiformis. I think someone posted that on this site but not sure. Anyhoo, I would try it if I were in zone 7 for sure, I may still try again here with more northern acorns in a sheltered spot.One discouraging thing though is that on the web site of champion trees for each state has no champion QV trees north of coastal Virginia. Even coastal Pa doesn't have any listed. Temps are warmer now than decades ago when the champs would have been planted though, so who knows. If I hit the lottery for millions I would build a giant green house just so I could have a southern live oak, yes I'm a bit nutty about trees, they have one of those in Germany for a special tree but I can't remember the details, wish I could, I saw it years ago on the web.

We’re looking to replace our second floor with LVP. This floor has the kitchen, bedrooms and living room. We are trying to finalize between Baltic Brown and River Grey and trying to figure out which one of these might work better with kitchen countertop (white countertop with some grey lines). Wondering if someone has instaled either of these in kitchen with similar countertop and can share some pictures to help us make secision. Would also like to hear any thoughts/feedback. Thanks

If sunlight will dwell on the tile for a portion of the day, the darker one will collect and retain heat better--more useful for passive solar--free heat! Even in summer the dark color will take in the heat and tame the air heatup and will release the heat at night when the air is cooler--to even out the day/night disparity in summer rooms. (Plus you should shade those south-facing windows in summer--honeycomb shades? landscaping? overhang? etc.) And in summer you can put a seasonal rug over the dark tile to cut down on heat retention if the floor seems overly warm in places where sunlight touches it.

Hi! I was looking for this floor also. I found a person on instagram stylingsuburbia that installed it in her home. But i can't find the style anywhere. Not even on republicfloor.com