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11/12/99

Quercus robur--English Oak


Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Height: 50 ft Spread: 50 ft Form: rounded
Type: deciduous tree
Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches

Comments: The tree provides a stately form (Vis. 6) with
dark green foliage (Vis. 7) in summer. English Oak does not
tolerate urban sites.

Cultivars:
'Asjes' (Rose Hill TM) - The crown is a narrow oval.
The blue green foliage turns yellow in the fall.
'Attention' - A narrow, pyramidal tree reaching a
height of 45 feet but spreading only 12 feet.
'Crimschmidt' (Crimson Spire TM) - A fastigiate
cultivar with red fall color (Vis. 2). The plant is a
hybrid of Q. robur and Q. alba and will reach a height
of 45 feet but a spread of only 15 feet (Vis. 1).
'Fastigiata' (Skyrocket TM) - This form of 'Fastigiata'
is only 15 feet wide and is uniformly narrow and
upright (Vis. 3).
'Michround' (Westminster Globe TM) - A Schmidt
introduction with a symmetrical round head reaching a
height and spread of 45 feet (Vis. 4).
'Pyramich' (Skymaster TM) - A Schmidt introduction that
is narrow (Vis. 5) when young but becomes pyramidal
with age.

References for Cultivars: J. Frank Schmidt and Son 1999,
Lake County Nursery 1999, Weston Nurseries 1999, Ray
Wiegand's Nursery 1999, Sheridan Nurseries 1999, Moller's
Nursery 1997, Studebaker Nurseries 1998, Princeton Nurseries
1999, Gee Farms 1999, Willoway Nurseries 1999, Carlton
Plants 1999.


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