As soon as the sun hits the branches from a particular angle, there is a true revelation: Tilia cordata ´Winter Orange´, the winter lime really lives up to its name. This orange pulls me towards its intensively lit crown.
Evergreen oaks
Searching for smaller evergreen trees, we encountered these two oaks:
Quercus myrsinifolia – the bamboo leaf oak
It comes from South China, but is also seen in Japan and Korea and was introduced to Europe in approx. 1850.
The evergreen tree reaches approx. 8m high, grows rather slowly with an evenly distinctive oval-shaped crown and stands out because of its mat-glossy, leathery, evergreen leaf. This is certainly an interesting alternative for the house garden
Quercus rhysophylla
From the other end of the world comes the quercus rhysophylla. Originally, it comes from North Mexico and has brought with it a lot of drought resistance and few requirements regarding its location – preferably full sunlight.
Its budding stands out because of its red-bronze coloured tone which is an exciting contrast to the older, shiny green leaves. The foliage is very hard and feels almost like plastic.
Both as shrub but also as a small tree, this oak tree needs hardly any pruning measures and is fine with every normal garden soil.