The grand and majestic green Oak tree is very popular with wildlife as a habitat and food source. The deeply lobed foliage is dark-green in summer and turns shades of bronze and reddish brown in autumn. Acorns add further interest. When the leaves have fallen, the grand, wonderfully gnarled, bare structure is left to grace the landscape. Quercus robur has a spreading form and will grow to 10 x 6 metres in 20 years.
Robur is derived from the Celtic 'quer' meaning fine and 'cuez' meaning a tree and we have to agree that it is definitely a fine tree! Given the respected Award of Garden merit from the RHS, the native English Oak tree is highly deserving of a place in a large garden. Plant in any, but waterlogged soils.
AKA Native oak, Common oak, Pedunculate oak, Quercus robur
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