Tree List 2009 / 2010


ACER BETULA CARPINUS FAGUS
LIQUIDAMBAR NYSSA QUERCUS

QUERCUS


QUERCUS acutissima

QUERCUS nuttallii

QUERCUS Mauri

QUERCUS Rysophylla Maya

QUERCUS dentata Carl Ferris Miller

QUERCUS langtry

QUERCUS nigra Nyewoodii

QUERCUS sartorii


QUERCUS acutissima

Saw tooth oak. Medium tree, narrow habit, polished green leaves. – bristle tipped, up to 8 ins long.

QUERCUS nuttallii

RED RIVER OAK. Fast growing, beautiful shaped leaves. Grows on dry or moist soil. Superb autumn shades of red, orange and copper.

QUERCUS Mauri

A spectacular and lovely red oak. Fairly vigorous growth when young when it produces fresh green shoots. Causes admiring comments.

QUERCUS Rysophylla Maya

A lovely Mexican tree with nearly evergreen foliage that produces a flush of red leaves on later new growth. In the Maya cultivar the early summer growth is nearly black. This tree rightly deserves the accolade accorded it in the recently (2009) published New Trees (Grimshaw J & Bayton R) as creating “the greatest impression” of all the trees in their large book.

QUERCUS dentata Carl Ferris Miller

A small tree from Korea with spectacularly large leaves attached to downy twigs. Beautiful and desirable.

QUERCUS langtry

This is a superb red oak. It has attractively lobed light green leaves that give it an elegant poise throughout summer. In autumn its leaves turn brilliant scarlet. The tree is extremely rare and seed was collected by John Gammon from a small group of these oaks that grew in New Mexico.

QUERCUS nigra Nyewoodii

Produced from a seedling at these nurseries this attractive tree receives many compliments wherever it is seen. Grows in damp or dryer soils it makes a good focus point for a lawn or flower bed. A small oak.

QUERCUS sartorii

A Mexican oak of great poise. Fresh green leaves with a waxy surface. A beautiful oak.

QUERCUS acutifolia x mexicana

This hybrid tree mostly grows with glossy dark green leaves. These are elongated with wavy edges. These grafted young trees should produce attractively shaped trees as they mature.

QUERCUS aliena

Hardy and vigorous oak from China with lobed leaves.

QUERCUS arkansana

WATER OAK. Light green leaves. The whole tree has a most attractive appearance.

QUERCUS coccinea

SCARLET OAK, medium size, outstanding scarlet Autumn foliage, drought tolerant. Deeply lobed leaves.

QUERCUS ellipsoidalis

NORTHERN PIN OAK. This has deeply lobed leaves with bristle-pointed teeth, shiny above and paler below. Deep red and scarlet in Autumn.

QUERCUS fabrei

A most rare and attractive oak, selected by John Gammon in the Yunnan district of China. An elegant oak with lovely oval leaves that have saw-toothed edges.

QUERCUS hispanica Lucombeana

Raised in Exeter by William Lucombe this oak has dark green shiny leaves that are semi evergreen. Its leaves have shallow lobes. A very desirable oak.

QUERCUS hispanica Wageningen

Another dependable and lovely oak. It’s dark glossy leaves have attractive lobes. Slightly corky bark.

QUERCUS imbricaria

SHINGLE OAK. This is a magnificent oak which is able to grow in either moist soils or in drought conditions. It has shiny mid green leaves which are elongated ovals in shape.

QUERCUS introgressa

This is a rare oak that has the most beautiful pink blush to the first flush of its dark green leaves. Attractive leaves have a resemblance to the chestnut tree.

QUERCUS palustris

PIN OAK. Free growing, elegant slender branches, brilliant scarlet in autumn.

QUERCUS shumardii

SOUTHERN RED OAK. moist or dry soil, beautiful foliage, earliest of the red oaks.

QUERCUS texana

Smaller red oak, deeply lobed leaves.