OakSoriety

Quercus ilex 'Despina' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus ilex 'Despina' 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 character "Despina" from Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutte" (in Greek mythology, the nymph Despina is the daughter of Poseidon).

Description:

An evergreen tree selected for its slow and narrow growth. Young shoots densely grey-hairy, as are the underside of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, up to 8 × 3 cm, dark green above and sparsely hairy. Petiole 0.7 - 1 cm. A few spines in the upper half of t

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6808, E. J. Jablonski 08082002, 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