OakSoriety

Quercus cerris 'Slivno-Ravno' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus cerris 'Slivno-Ravno' 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 place where the original seed was collected.

Description:

A form selected for its very large, dark green leaves. Leaves up to 17 × 9.5 cm, green and rough above, paler beneath, with few stellate hairs on both sides, base asymmetrical shortly attenuate. Petiole 7 - 20 mm. Originated around 1972 from seed collecte

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6806, E. J. Jablonski 08082005, 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