Other names: American red oak
Q. rubra is a large, broad, deciduous tree with deep green leaves in summer and red autumn colour. It has red-brown fruits called acorns.
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20m max. spread |
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25m max. height |
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20-40 years to maturity |
Q. phellos is a large deciduous tree forming a dense oblong crown of simple long leaves and inconspicuous yellow-green catkins in spring followed by small acorns.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Other names: Evergreen oak, Holly-leaved oak, Holly-oak, Ilex
Q. ilex is a large evergreen tree forming a dense crown of rounded leaves and inconspicuous yellow-green catkins in spring followed by characteristic acorns.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Other names: Durmast oak, Quercus sessiliflora, Cornish oak
Q. petraea is a large, broad, rounded to spreading, deciduous tree with ridged, grey bark and yellow-stalked, leathery, ovate or oblong, lobed, dark green leaves turning orange-brown in autumn. Insignificant dull yellow flowers in spring are followed by stalkless, oblong to ovoid, brown acorns, borne singly or in clusters in autumn.
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20m max. spread |
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30m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Other names: Pedunculate oak, Polish oak, Slavonian oak, English oak, Black oak, French oak
Q. robur is a large deciduous tree forming a broad crown of rounded leaves which turn reddish-brown in autumn and inconspicuous yellow-green catkins in spring followed by characteristic acorns.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Other names: Swamp Spanish oak
Q. palustris is a large, vigorous, broadly conical, deciduous tree with pendent lower branches, elliptic, glossy, deeply lobed, mid-green leaves turning scarlet to reddish-brown in autumn. Inconspicuous flowers in spring are followed by spherical, brown fruit in autumn.
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12m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Quercus frainetto 'Hungarian Crown' (Hungarian oak 'Hungarian Crown')
'Hungarian Crown' is a fast-growing tree with a large, rounded crown. It has good autumn colour.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake' (Oak-leaved hydrangea 'Snowflake')
Other names: Hydrangea quercifolia 'Brido', Hydrangea quercifolia 'Flore Pleno', Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Flake'
'Snowflake' is a bushy, mound-forming, deciduous shrub bearing deeply lobed, toothed, dark green leaves turning purple-bronze in autumn and, from summer into autumn, arching, conical panicles of double, white flowers turning pink with age.
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2m max. spread |
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2m max. height |
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5-10 years to maturity |
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