Oaks of Chevithorne Barton

A large deciduous tree reaching 25 m or more in pine/oak forests on mountain slopes, this is the only oak in the western United States that resembles the eastern red oaks such as Q. coc... Read More

A naturally occurring hybrid found with the parents, this can resemble Q. imbricaria but has broader, usually lobed, leaves. Other forms can resemble Q. velutina but with less deeply lo... Read More

A distinct, usually easily recognized, tree reaching 20 m or more in Mexico where it is widely distributed, particularly in colder localities. The rigid, leathery leaves are elliptic to... Read More

An evergreen tree that can reach 10 m or more, though it can sometimes be much smaller and shrubby in exposed rocky places. Shoots downy at first, becoming smooth. The leathery, obov... Read More

A tree to 15 m tall, sometimes shrubby, the leaves brown tomentose beneath. Acorns borne on a stalk to 6 cm long and with a characteristic wavy-edged cup.We have recently planted our... Read More

An evergreen tree reaching 20 m tall in the wild, where it is found in mountain forests. The leathery ovate to lanceolate leaves are up to 20 cm long and end in a long, tapered point. T... Read More

Closely related to Q. argyrotricha but with smooth shoots and larger leaves to 14 cm long. The acorn cup is covered in whitish hairs and has 4-5 rings. Introduced by Allen Coombes from ... Read More

A dense evergreen shrub reaching 2 or sometimes 3 m in its native regions, where it grows in the mountains in scrub or pine/oak forests. The thickly leathery elliptic to obovate leaves ... Read More

This is one of the most striking selections of Turkey oak, first described in 1877, in which the leaf margin is creamy yellow when the foliage is young, turning to white. We have a good... Read More

This species has been confused with both Q. lanata and Q. leucotrichophora in China but has been shown to be a distinct species by Allen Coombes who identified our plant. In its nati... Read More

A native of oak/pine woods and canyons, this spreading tree has stout shoots densely covered in grey hairs. Leaves lance-shaped to narrow ovate, to 8 cm long and 3 cm wide, tapered to a... Read More

This is a form with particularly large, silvery grey leaves. It was grown from seed collected on Rhodes by Robert and Jelena De Belder.... Read More

A stiffly branched evergreen tree or shrub that can reach 15 m in the mountainous regions where it grows in the wild. Shoots stout, hairy when young becoming smooth. Leaves elliptic,... Read More

An evergreen tree or shrub to 12 m with dark grey bark divided into rectangular plates. Branchlets grey tomentose to brown and glabrous. Leaves to about 5 cm long, obovate or ellipti... Read More

A close relative of Q. glauca but differing in its densely white-hairy, often pink-flushed, young foliage. Introduced to Kew in 1992.This oak has grown well here and one tree is about 1... Read More

A large deciduous tree to 30 m with branchlets covered in dense, yellow tomentum becoming glabrous, glaucous or grey in the second year. The large and attractive leaves are elliptic to ... Read More

A distinct, usually easily recognized, tree reaching 20 m or more in Mexico where it is widely distributed, particularly in colder localities. The rigid, leathery leaves are elliptic to... Read More

A striking tree, rare in cultivation, which reaches 35 m or more in the wild and occurring at altitudes up to 2,800 m. Leaves very large to 30 cm or more long, with numerous parallel ve... Read More

Closely related to Q. salicina, it has lance-shaped leaves, glaucous beneath and edged with sharp teeth. Introduced to the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh in 1993 and by Allen Coombes i... Read More

A semi-evergreen tree widely distributed in Mexico, where it is found mainly in oak/pine forests above 2,000 m and makes a spreading tree to about 15 m or more tall. The leathery oblong... Read More

An intricately branched evergreen shrub to about 2 m tall with densely hairy shoots forming thickets on mountain slopes. The thick leathery leaves, oblong to ovate, to 2.5 cm long, are ... Read More

A narrowly upright tree selected at the Bömer nursery in the Netherlands in about 1993. Before the original tree died it reached 7 m tall and 45 cm wide.... Read More

A very distinct evergreen, making a large shrub or small tree about 5-8 m tall, is only found in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. The rigid, leathery, rounded to broadly oval leaves ... Read More

An evergreen shrub reaching 2-3 m tall, more rarely a tree. Leaves leathery and blue-green, smooth on both sides, to about 3 x 2 cm, the margins wavy and with usually 4-6 spiny teeth on... Read More

A small evergreen tree or large shrub with furrowed bark and young twigs that are hairy when young becoming glabrous. Leaves blue-green to glaucous, oblong, to about 6 x 2.5 cm, enti... Read More

This species is one of a group about twelve Chinese golden oaks, all except one of which comes from China and surrounding areas. A dense and slow-growing evergreen shrub with downy s... Read More

A large semi-evergreen tree developing a deeply furrowed bark when mature. Leaves to about 12 x 5 cm, glossy dark green above, grey beneath and edged with sharp teeth. Raised at the ... Read More

A fast growing late deciduous to nearly evergreen tree reaching 8 m in the wild where it is very rare, with slender, drooping branches. Leaves on wild plants lanceolate, to 9 x 2.5 cm, ... Read More

An evergreen tree reaching 20-30 tall in the wild with dark brown bark and young shoots with conspicuous lenticels. Leaves oblong to elliptic, to 10 cm long, taper-pointed at the tip a... Read More