OakSoriety

Quercus cerris 'Mercedes' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus cerris 'Mercedes' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 38 (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 his wife Mercedes.

Description:

A form selected for its deeply dissected leaves up to 14.5 × 7.5 cm, which are dull-green above, pale grey beneath, and densely stellate-hairy on both sides, base asymmetrical, auriculate, petiole very short, 1 - 4 mm. The dissection sometimes to the midr

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6805. E. J. Jablonski 08082003, 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