Quercus ilex 'Verduzzo' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus ilex 'Verduzzo' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 40 (2010)Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Cerris, Section Ilex

Etymology:

Named by the originator, André Charlier, after the fresh green wine called "Verduzzo" from Friuli Province, Italy.

Description:

An evergreen tree, originated around 1974. Young shoots grey-green hairy, as are the underside of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, up to 5.5 × 2.8 cm, fresh green above and sparsely hairy, margin more or less undulate with a few spines in the upper half of

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6810, E. J. Jablonski 08082008, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Closerie Chêne, Esneux, Belgium.