Quercus ilex – Hedging (Holm Oak)

£72.50 incl. VAT

Very grand. The mightiest of all the Evergreen Oaks. To 50ft after 80 years. Often used as posh topiary – interesting geometric shapes like stilted hedges etc.

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Tough evergreen hedging that can be beautifully clipped.  Dense in texture they look especially good in late spring and early summer when their newest, brightest green leaves contrast against the older ones. Quercus has a multitude of uses and has been grown in garden for centuries, so we feel that it’s rather grand when used as hedging and can lift a hedge from rather pedestrian to aristocratic grandeur.  Quercus ilex is long-lived, tolerates all soils from clay to chalk, is fantastic for windbreaks and for coastal hedges.

In our opinion, one of the toughest and loveliest trees in the world. It will produce pretty little greeny catkins in the spring and teeny acorns in the autumn, but the foliage is its year-round asset. Dense foliaged with small, glossy dark-green leaves showing a slightly paler underside creating a graceful solidity of form.  This quality makes it especially good for classic large-scale topiary, be it a round or mushroom-headed standard, multi-trunked specimen or a pleached tree. They are highly adaptable and versatile in the garden, taking full sun or shade and having no fussiness with regards to soil. It’ll grow on chalk or clay, by the sea, in the middle of a wood or on top of a hill.

The Quercus ilex Family

One of the toughest and loveliest evergreen trees in the world, in our opinion. It will do pretty little pale green catkins in spring and teeny acorns in autumn but the foliage is its year-round asset. Small, glossy dark green leaves with a slightly paler underside are produced in such abundance that the tree quickly becomes very dense and has a graceful solidity of form when au-naturelle. However this quality makes it superb for training and cultivating as a more controlled standard specimen, as you can see here. Adding to their obvious visual qualities, they are highly adaptable and versatile in the garden, taking full sun or shade and having no fussiness with regards to soil. Very few trees have such an adaptability to so many different climates: they’ll grow on chalk or clay, by the sea, in the middle of a wood or on top of a hill. 

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FAQs

How fast does Quercus ilex ?

They're quite slow growing (20ft after 25 years) but keep going and going - eventually growing to a huge rounded dome 80ft tall by 80ft wide - and are extremely long lived.

How do you take care of Quercus ilex?

They clip beautifully. They'll grow on chalk or clay, by the sea, in the middle of a wood (very shade tolerant) or on top of a hill.

How tall do Quercus ilex grow?

(20ft after 25 years) but keep going and going - eventually growing to a huge rounded dome 80ft tall by 80ft wide.

Do Quercus ilex prefer sun or shade?

Full Sun

Is Quercus ilex an indoor or outdoor plant?

Outdoor

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