Evergreen Oak Quercus Ilex Garden Trees

Evergreen Oak (Quercus ilex)

These majestic trees are native to the eastern Mediterranean, the mighty and handsome Evergreen Oak (Quercus Ilex) has splendid rich dark green leaves that are glossy on top and have a downy underside. Its younger leaves have slightly toothed edges, almost like Holly, these edges smooth and soften as they mature and provide superb year round foliage to create screening at height for your garden. They produce small delicate creamy catkins which when pollinated by the wind will develop into acorns, these are smaller and have a more pointed tip than those of English oaks. Young acorns are green and mature to a dark red-brown before falling.

The small evergreen leaves make this species a good choice for topiary, they can often be seen in the gardens of our stately homes in the form of cylinders, balls, box heads and pleached and of course as majestic naturalised specimens.

You may also be interested in our fresh pleached Evergreen Oak trees

Evergreen Oak Quercus Ilex Potted Garden Trees 4-5ft 125/150cm

  • in 5 litre pots

  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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Evergreen Oak trees will grow in any reasonable garden soil that that is well drained and due to their Mediterranean heritage will fare well in poorer soils and dry areas, they are also highly resistant to sea breezes in coastal areas. They can be affected and suffer in freezing climates so if you live in the far north we would advise opting for our pleached Laurel Portugal instead.

 

Evergreen Oak Trees are available as young pot grown specimens for delivery all year round, or as root ball stock which is available for delivery during the Winter season of dormancy from late October until April, the correct time for planting.

Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.

Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.

Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.

Delivery is reliable
– we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.

Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £90£15.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £90Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£24.00

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUp to £420£72.00
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £420Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll orders£72.00

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

LocationOrder ValuePrice
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsUnder £1800Please call us
UK Mainland excluding HighlandsOver £1800Free
Scottish Highlands and Isle of WightAll ordersNot available

Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.

Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.

Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants

Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page

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