This cultivar is distinguished from the species by its regular growth form and well-closed foliage. Fairly fast-growing with a well-spaced heart branch and an angled branching habit. The short trunk is grey-brown and finely grooved and the bark parts detach in small plates. Young twigs are thick, hairy and olive green. Older twigs are bare and grey. The leaves are very deep and regularly lobed. The large lobes are also lobed or shallowly toothed. The leaf is shiny dark green, the underside light green. It is 10 - 20 cm long, sometimes longer when growing vigorously. Width 7 - 12 cm. One third to half of the acorns are enclosed by the cupule, which is densely covered with narrow adjacent and hairy scales. The cupules and leaves are very characteristic of the species.
resistant to frost (WH 1 - 6), can withstand wind, resistant to de-icing salt
Application
avenues and broad streets, industrial areas
Shape
clearstem tree
Clear stem treeacid soilcalcareous soilloamy soilsandy soiltolerates partial pavingresistant to de-icing saltresistant to frost (WH 1 - 6)suitable for dry soilsuitable for wet soilcan withstand windbroad ovoid1st size , taller than 12 metreshalf-open crowngreenyellowaverage growingnon-toxic (usually)
Frequently asked questions
Quercus frainetto FOREST GREEN ('Schmidt')
Quercus frainetto FOREST GREEN ('Schmidt') can eventually reach a height of 20-25 (40) m, depending on the site and climate conditions.
Quercus frainetto FOREST GREEN ('Schmidt') is average growing and can eventually reach a height of 20-25 (40) m, depending on the site and climate conditions.
The right time to plant Quercus frainetto FOREST GREEN ('Schmidt') is during the dormancy period. In Western Europe, Quercus frainetto FOREST GREEN ('Schmidt') with root balls can generally be planted from mid-November to late April, although this depends strongly on the climatic conditions and the species of tree.
Quercus frainetto FOREST GREEN ('Schmidt') blooms in may.