Quercus ilex (Holm - Evergreen Oak Tree)
Quercus ilex
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Common Name: Holm or Evergreen Oak
Latin Name: Quercus ilex
Soil: Most fertile, well drained soils
Position: Full sun or partial shade
Flowering period/ colour: Early summer/ Yellow catkins
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Height/ Spread in 20 years: 6m/4m
Special features: A rounded, tree with lance-shaped, dark green leaves and attractive smooth dark grey bark. (Evergreen)
Quercus ilex is a majestic, ultimately large tree with masses of lush, dark green glossy leaves with striking white wooly shoots and yellow catkins in early summer. This is a slow growing very attractive frost hardy tree that with age develops large rounded pendulous branches and beautiful fissured dark grey bark. An Ideal specimen tree or makes a great windbreak as a clipped hedge in coastal areas.
This Oak Tree is supplied in a 10 litre container suitable for planting all year round. The total height of this muti-stemmed tree is approximately 2.1-2.4m (7-8ft).
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B/R (Bare Root) - The traditional way to buy deciduous trees and shrubs. Perfect for planting between November and March.
R/B (Root Ball) - The traditional way to buy evergreen trees and shrubs. The plants are kept in their own soil, making them ideal to transplant between November and March.
C/G (Container Grown) - A very convenient way to buy trees and shrubs, already rooted in their pots, they can be planted all year round. Sizes given in litres.
H/S (Half standard) - Half standard trees are 2-3 years old and have a clear stem of 1.25-1.5m with a bushy head of branches. The total height from the ground is usually 1.8-2.4m (6-8ft).
B (Bush) - Bush trees are 2-3 years old and have a clear stem of 0.8-1m with a bushy head of branches. The total height from the ground is usually 1.5-1.8m (5-6ft).
Maiden (Feathered tree) - A good, well-defined prominent leader running straight up through the young tree. Perfect for training into a half standard, standard or fan-trained tree. Sizes given in cm's.
Multi-stemmed - A tree with two or more main stems
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