Agreed and a truly beautiful tree.I quite enjoyed the story you authored of this tree.
If I may, the "English Oak" is quercus robur. It's also called the "European Oak" as its native range is well beyond the U.K. into Europe to the Caucasus.Agreed and a truly beautiful tree.
@Walter Pall, without wanting to clog your thread up, I notice on several species you refer to them as European such and such instead of by country name and I wondered are there any of those which are thought of as German (or other country) this or that in Germany or elsewhere? When I was younger I often thought it was odd that English oak or English elm were named as such and thought it must be that they were different species to the European ones, especially as we have European Beech etc and not English Beech. Obviously they are the same.
Agreed and a truly beautiful tree.
@Walter Pall, without wanting to clog your thread up, I notice on several species you refer to them as European such and such instead of by country name and I wondered are there any of those which are thought of as German (or other country) this or that in Germany or elsewhere? When I was younger I often thought it was odd that English oak or English elm were named as such and thought it must be that they were different species to the European ones, especially as we have European Beech etc and not English Beech. Obviously they are the same.
Cheers, I know that nowadays, I was just wondering if there were other trees which we or anyone else have claimed which also have large ranges.If I may, the "English Oak" is quercus robur. It's also called the "European Oak" as its native range is well beyond the U.K. into Europe to the Caucasus.
Very true. Thank you sir. I suppose as we have relatively few native species compared to the rest of Europe it’s easy to attribute them to one country or another or to claim them for ourselves. European suits me.That's exactly the reason why I refer to many trees as "European". It would be odd for an Englishman to call it German Oak as we do. It is odd to us to call a tree "Norway Spruce" as this is the most common tree in Germany . "Austrian" black pine hardly exists in Austria of today. We find it very strange to call a pine "Swiss pine" which is all over Europe and also Siberia. There also is not really an "English" elm, it is just a variety of the common European one. About 10000 years ago Britain was part of the European land mass and plants and animals could go freely wherever they wanted. I know that it's very diffult to accept, but Britain is part of Europe geographically.
Walter, why don't we see more Oaks for bonsai? They are very powerful and dominating trees in the landscape, you would think they would be dominating the bonsai scene as well.
Your humble servant,
S. Dogwood
Because oaks are painful as bonsai. They are very difficult to collect. More than 50 % of the better ones die when collected form the wild. There are no good oaks from nurseries. Oaks in a bonsai pot are not hardy at all. They will die if not protected very well. Most oaks have foliage that always looks untidy, whatever you do. They have the bad habit of dropping branches without warning. One oak is enough for me, while I have hundreds of hornbeams for example.
Oaks CAN be all of that--but Europe is very limited in native oak species. It has 22 species, but quercus robur is the most common.Sir, thank you for the response. I suppose growing from acorn/seed or air-layering might solve the collection/nursery issue, but I didn't realize they were not stable in a containerized environment. Have you seen this across other oak species as well, or just with the European Oak?
Your humble servant,
S. Dogwood
From Wikipedia: "Quercus robur, commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak"I notice on several species you refer to them as European such and such instead of by country name