4 adjacent plots of Quercus affinis, crispipilis & laurina in the Guthrie Smith Arboretum at Tutira (HB) have produced vigorous straight trunked evergreen trees. Recently thinned to develop the crowns and add diameter to the logs. Worthy of wider planting.

Medium size evergreen oak from the warmer parts of China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong and north of Vietnam. Grows on ridge tops and slopes in mature or primary tropical & subtropical forest at 500-2200m. Leaves narrow and hang down. Growing at Eastwoodhill, none have survived outside in the UK.

Tall, straight, evergreen. Leaves thick, coarse textured & toothed. Underside thick and felted, turn red or yellow before falling in spring. New leaves pink, some turning chocolate, others silvery green. Promising growth in NZ, timber potential.

An evergreen red oak from the mountain cloud forest zone. Large acorn almost enclosed by the cup. Another rare oak worthy of a trial.