QUERCUS SUBER - CORK OAK

A medium sized evergreen oak tree with small, leathery, green, slightly serrated leaves, and a unique bark of cork which is rugged and cracked with a light grey colour and reddish brown tones in the fissures. Open branching as the tree gets bigger. Slow growing and long-lived. It is a primary source of cork.
 
Applications
Specimen tree
Feature planting
Evergreen hedging and screening
Ornamental    

Beyond the norm
The interesting texture and colours on the trunk surface as well as the good leaf coverage make it suitable to use as an interesting screen or a raised hedge. Can be trimmed lightly to keep shape even.

Clipped height
2m

15 year height
3-4m

Mature height
18-20m

Soil conditions
Moist, free draining soil, can handle mild drought like conditions

Wind
Hardy

Frost
Frost tender

Light
Full sun - semi shade  
 
Tree Shape
Upright spreading branches

Seasonal
Evergreen

Fruit
Small acorn

Origin
SW Europe and NW Africa

Available grades (subject demand)
45lt, 160lt