Acer rubrum 'Brandywine'
Red maple clone 'Brandywine'
A male selection from crossing 'October Glory' with 'Autumn Flame'. Rounded crown,vigorous growth, deciduous. Brilliant scarlet autumn colour darkening to reddish--purple. Cutting grown & staked.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - red
Pyrus ussuriensis
Manchurian pear Ht 6-9m
N.E. China and Korea. Fast growing deciduous tree with rounded form. Masses of white flowers in spring. Fruit from seedlings variable in size and texture, but readily eaten by stock and birds. Used as an understock for Nashi.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - yellow
- Attractive flowers or catkins
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Attracts bees
- Edible fruits and seeds
Pinus koraiensis (POT grown)
Korean pine nut Ht 20-30m
Very cold hardy pine producing edible pine nuts. Narrow conical form when young. A member of the white pine group with blueish and dark green needles. Rare in NZ.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Edible fruits and seeds
- Container Grown
Quercus suber (POT grown)
Evergreen cork oak Ht 15-25m
S. Europe, N. Africa. Broadly spreading, evergreen. Very thick corky bark. Tolerates hot dry sites.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Attractive to birds
- Shelter
- Container Grown
Quercus rugosa (PLUG grown)
Netleaf oak
Mexico. Broadly spreading, evergreen. A white oak with largish rough hooded leaf with a few coarse marginal teeth, reddish when young and turning yellow before falling in spring.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Quercus mexicana (POT grown)
Mexican red oak
Broadly spreading, evergreen, shedding old leaves after new leaves emerge. Hybrids complicate identification of this evolving population of oaks.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Quercus laurina (POT grown)
A Mexican red oak Ht 20-30m
Broadly spreading, evergreen. A component of the pine-oak forest at 2000-2800m in the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca Mtns. 45 species of oak recorded in this area. Leaves small, fairly narrow & lightly toothed, copper coloured when young.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Quercus ilex (POT grown)
Holm oak Ht 15-25m
Mediterranean. Broadly spreading, dense, evergreen crown with dark green leathery leaves. Tolerates heat, drought, exposure & salt spray in coastal areas. Timber hard and durable. Clips for a hedge.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Resistant to salt spray
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Erosion control
- Shelter
- Container Grown
- Hedging
- Tolerates limestone soils
Quercus faginea
Portuguese oak Ht 15-20m
Broadly conical, deciduous. A smaller oak with leathery dark green leaves and early bountiful sweet edible acorn crops. Pigs fattened on these acorns command a premium price. Tolerates exposure, heat & dry conditions. Trims as a hedge.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
- Attractive to birds
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Erosion control
- Shelter
Quercus dentata
Japanese Emperor or Daimyo oak Ht 20m
Japan, Korea, China. Broadly spreading, deciduous with large leaves.& stout shoots. Grows on sunny slopes 100 to 2700m in Japan. Can hybridise readily with other oaks. Rare in NZ,
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Deciduous
- Attractive autumn colours - brown
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