OakSoriety

Quercus cerris 'Sveti Nahoum' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus cerris 'Sveti Nahoum' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 39 (2010)Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris

Etymology:

Named by the originator, André Charlier, after the orthodox monastery Sveti Nahoum near the lake and city of Ochrid in Macedonia, former Republic of Yugoslavia.

Description:

A form selected for its vigorous large green leaves and fast growth. Leaves up to 14.5 × 7 cm, green and rough above, paler beneath, with few stellate hairs on both sides, base asymmetrical shortly attenuate to subcordate. Petiole 5 - 17 mm. Originated in

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6807. E. J. Jablonski 08082006, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Rond Chêne, Esneux, Belgium.

Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type:

  • Photograph by Matt Pringle of Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
    Photograph by Matt Pringle of Sir Harold Hillier Gardens