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Turkey oak is a handsome mid-sized tree with lovely foliage. The leaves are fresh green until early summer, changing to mid green in summer and pale yellow in autumn. They are typically about 12 cm long, deeply lobed with rounded lobes, and glossy
It grows slowly or medium fast into a tree with rou ...
8 - 13m
5 - 13m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Scarlet oak comes from eastern parts of USA and is considered one of the toughest and long-lived species. It is quite difficult trying to differentiate it from closely related red oak (q.rubra) or pin oak (q.palustris) looking only at the leaves. Though quite variable, they are 15-20 cm long and dee ...
15 - 20m
10 - 15m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Leaves of this rare daimyo oak are extra large and can reach up to 30 cm in length on adult trees. They are glossy, have rounded lobes, and are almost leathery, just like leaves on evergreen plants. This one, however, is deciduous but still it keeps its old foliage late into winter. The leaves are a ...
6 - 12m
2 - 6m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
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6 - 12m
2 - 6m
full sun
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Holm oak or holly oak (holm is an old word for holly) is native to the Mediterranean and is spread from southern parts of Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, to west Balkan and milder parts of North Africa. It used to form vast areas of evergreen forests most of which are chopped down today. It was f ...
8 - 15m
6 - 8m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Holm oakis a natural species, not a hybrid despite two specific names in its Latin title. Integrifolia is one of its few selections first described in 1836. Its evergreen, leathery leaves are spineless with less conspicuous notches or serration at margins, often with none whatsoever. They are 3-6 cm ...
4 - 10m
3 - 6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Holm oak is a natural species, not a hybrid in spite of two specific names in its Latin title. Oleifolia is one of its few selections made in order to describe distinctly different seedlings. Its evergreen, leathery leaves strongly resemble olive tree leaves - they are 3-6 cm long, elongated, spinel ...
4 - 10m
3 - 6m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bur oak is renowned mainly for its furrowed bark of the trunk and ridged twigs with winged look and corky feeling when touched. Both bark and twigs are pale brown to grey. Deciduous leaves are rather large, up to 25 cm long, light to mid green, firm to almost leathery, deeply lobed towards the petio ...
6 - 15m
4 - 10m
full sun
3 (down to -40°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Bamboo-leaf oak, or sometimes also called Chinese evergreen oak is a rare evergreen tree that is not widely used in cultivation in Europe which is a great pity. It has evergreen, bamboo-like, lance-shaped, narrow leaves that emerge bronze-purple and mature to a dark green. Compared to cherry laurels ...
5 - 12m
4 - 6m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pin oak is a beautiful large tree you can see growing in moist or boggy places. It has beautiful leaves, deeply lobed. They are deciduous, glossy green in summer and orange, red and burgundy purple in autumn. Pin oak is one of the most attractively coloured trees in autumn in the wild.
It grows qui ...
15 - 20m
8 - 12m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
We are always utterly happy when we can introduce a plant which in its original form was too tall or wide for a usual-size garden. But thanks to special breeding we can then enjoy dwarf varieties with slower growth which still keep their main features. This pin oak is a perfect example. The thick co ...
1,5 - 3m
0,5 - 1m
full to partial sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
It is always so nice to learn about a new plant that represents a smaller version of a large species just because many of us want to enjoy its features without having to fear that it will take up the whole of our garden. GREEN PILLAR® is one of them. It is a narrowly columnar variety of pin oak ...
7 - 15m
1 - 3m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Mexican oak is not a widespread tree. It is not listed in many encyclopedias in America and is almost non existent in Europe as it is too tender to grow in most parts of the old continent. Still, there is a mention in 1979 of a special sport selected from this species. At that time Internet was yet ...
2 - 5m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Oaks are common trees of our natural woodlands. They border our ponds, occur naturally in our mixed forests, and make magnificent specimen trees in our parks and arboretums where less common species or rare varieties can be seen. English oak and sessile oak are the most common species of the Czech R ...
20 - 30m
15 - 20m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Common oak is a majestic tree, native to Europe. This variety, however, has strictly upright growth and reduced size so it is suitable for medium-sized gardens, too. The leaves are obovate, with rounded lobes, mid green. Old leaves remain on the tree until the spring when new ones are born. It toler ...
8 - 15m
2 - 4m
full to partial sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Purpurascens is a less common English oak variety with red foliage. It forms medium large trees with spreading canopies and almost horizontal branches. Deciduous leaves are partly leathery, bright maroon as they emerge, turning deep green with mahogany red hues in summer, and in autumnchange to rich ...
8 - 15m
8 - 15m
full sun
5 (down to -29°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Cork oak is deservedly one of the most admired evergreen oaks. Native to the Mediterranean basin (SW Europe and NW Africa), it is the national tree of Portugal which is the largest producer of cork that is obtained from its bark. It is both a long-lived tree and at the same time a very old taxon, as ...
6 - 10m
6 - 8m
full sun
8 (down to -18°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Pseudoturneri is a later variety of Turners oak. Its leaves are very similar to common oak, mid green, shallowly lobed and partly glossy. Compared to its hybrid parent it is a little smaller, hardier, and holds its leaves more reliably over the winter. Still, some leaves may fall down at the end of ...
3 - 6m
2 - 4m
full sun
7 (down to -23°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
Columnar hybrid oak REGAL PRINCE® is a result of crossing seeds of English oak (quercus robur Fastigiata) and swamp white oak (quercus bicolor). The aim was to achieve a hardier form of columnar oak since the English oak proved too sensitive in harsh arctic winds in Illinois. This experiment wa ...
7 - 15m
3 - 6m
full sun
4 (down to -34°C)
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
