If you want an oak with the biggest, green leaf possible, this is the tree for you!

Daimyo oak is from Japan and East Asia and makes a good specimen in a smaller garden than most oaks.

Features include:

• upright tree to about 15m
• the crown is often loose and sparse
• leaves crowd around top buds and grow up to 30cm long; semi-persistent
• leaf undersides pubescent, upsides glossy green
• bark thick, corky, strongly furrowed, dark brown
• frost hardy and likes acid soils
• excellent autumn colours for an oak
• slow growing