Re: Quercus phyllyreoides

According to THE RHS INDEX OF GARDEN PLANTS edited by Mark Griffiths,
Quercus phillyreoides is an evergreen shrub or small tree around 15-27
feet tall. It has a rounded habit, with vaguely oval leaves, rounded to
pointed at the ends, base rounded to nearly heart shaped, dark green and
shining above, paler beneath, shallowly toothed in parts. Acorns are
more or less oval, with slightly woolly pointy-ends and densely woolly
acorn-caps that cover a third to a half of the acorn. It is an oak
native to China and Japan.  Griffiths says it is hardy to Zone 7, but
Zone hardiness info in the Index is notoriously inaccurate (often stuff
is hardier than they say).

Rand B. Lee, Freelance Writer & Editor
Founder and President, The American Dianthus Society
Founder and President, The North American Cottage Garden Society
Member, Garden Writers Association of America
Author, PLEASURES OF THE COTTAGE GARDEN (Michael Friedman Publishers)
copyright 1998, ISBN 1-56799-695-7
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