Quercus robur
(English Oak)

Family - Fagaceae
Category - Tree
Origin - Europe, including Britain, Southwest Asia
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - up to 30m
Width - up to 25m
Location - The Grounds, The Pond Garden

Description: A large-sized Deciduous oak tree with a broad, open crown. The leaves are dark green to blue green and obovate to oblong in shape with rounded lobes around the margins. Monoecious. The greenish-yellow male catkins are produced in late spring. The female flowers are very small and discreet and are produced as the leaves emerge in spring. The female flowers are followed by oval, glossy, pale brown acorns.

Synonym- Quercus pedunculata

Additional common name - Common Oak

Flower:

Very small female flowers are reddish-brown and produced on thin stems as the leaves emerge in April. The greenish-yellow male catkins are produced in clusters in May. The female flowers are followed by oval acorns that are pale brown and glossy.

Flower colour: Brown, yellow

Flower shape: Catkins

Flowering time: April, May

Foliage:

Dark green to blue green leaves are obovate to oblong in shape and have rounded lobes around the margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged along the branches.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Obovate to oblong, lobed

Propagation:

Seed.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture retentive, but well drained soil.