Quercus bambusifolia (PLUG grown)
Bamboo-leaf evergreen oak Ht to 20m
Medium size evergreen oak from the warmer parts of China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and north of Vietnam. Grows on ridge tops and slopes in mature or primary tropical & subtropical forest at 500-2200m. Leaves narrow and hang down. Growing at Eastwoodhill, none have survived outside in the UK.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Cunninghamia lanceolata (OG grown)
Chinese fir Ht 20-30m
Broadly conical, evergreen. Sharp tipped strap-shaped leaves, green in summer, bronze in cold climates in winter. Does best in fertile soils. Good stand of timber on waterworks land near New Plymouth.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Container Grown
Cupressus cashmeriana (POT grown)
Kashmir weeping cypress Ht 15-30m
India, Arunachal Pradesh. Conical evergreen, straight trunk, Ascending branches with long pendulous branchlets of blue-green flattened foliage. Spectacular reflected in water.Tolerates long dry periods on NW facing slope. Grown from our own seed.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Cupressus arizonica (POT grown)
Arizona cypress Ht 25-30m
Broadly conical, silvery-grey evergreen. Drought tolerant,
resistant to cypress canker, good for dryland shelterbelts.
Bark is fibrous like C. macrocarpa. Seed collected from
David Dillon's best tree.
Group trees and shrubs:
No
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Tolerates dry sites
- Attractive berries fruits or cone
- Timber
- Shelter
- Container Grown
- Tolerates pumice soils
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 germana (PLUG grown)
Mexican royal oak
An evergreen red oak from the mountain cloud forest zone. Large
acorn almost enclosed by the cup. Another rare oak worthy of a trial.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Quercus acutifolia (PLUG grown)
Common Mexican oak Ht 10-25m
Broadly columnar, deciduous, though evergreen in Wakefield, with shiny lobed leathery bristle tipped leaves, shades of bronzy red in winter. Very small brown acorns.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Container Grown
Quercus x dysophylla (PLUG grown)
A hybrid Mexican oak (Q. crassifolia x crassipes) Ht 15-20m
Growing in Eastwoodhill Arboretum and selected for good form. Evergreen in NZ and both parents (crassifolia & crassipes) show promise for timber production, so well worth a trial. For botanical details see Oaks of the World website.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates exposed sites
- Timber
- Container Grown
Quercus sartorii (PLUG grown)
A Mexican red oak Ht 25m
Broadly spreading evergreen. Smaller sweet chestnut shaped glossy leaf. Differs from most red oaks in that the acorns ripen the
first instead of the second year after forming. Hardy in Nth
Canterbury, may be deciduous in cold climates.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Container Grown
Quercus rysophylla (PLUG grown)
Loquat leaf oak Ht 20-25m
N.E. Mexico in Sierra Madre Oriental. Upright fast growing broadly crowned evergreen. Hardy in the UK and drought tolerant. Striking spring foliage, leathery corrugated reddish-purple leaves against the older glossy green foliage, summer flushes similar. Recommended.
Group trees and shrubs:
Yes
Categories:
- Medium tree
- Evergreen
- Tolerates dry sites
- Container Grown
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