OakSoriety

Quercus ilex 'Verduzzo' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus ilex 'Verduzzo' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 40 (2010)Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Cerris, Section Ilex

Etymology:

Named by the originator, André Charlier, after the fresh green wine called "Verduzzo" from Friuli Province, Italy.

Description:

An evergreen tree, originated around 1974. Young shoots grey-green hairy, as are the underside of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, up to 5.5 × 2.8 cm, fresh green above and sparsely hairy, margin more or less undulate with a few spines in the upper half of

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6810, E. J. Jablonski 08082008, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Closerie 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