| Description | Skinny Genes (Quercus robur x alba) is a hybrid Oak that is a slender, tall, fastigiate tree, well-suited for tight spaces. Leaves turn green in summer and yellow in fall. |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | fuul |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Fruit | acorns |
| Leaves | Glossy, dark green summer foliage changing to yellow in the fall. The leaf edge has rounded lobes. |
| Stems | The branches are fastigiate, growing closely together and pointing sharply upward, creating a narrow, columnar, or spire-like shape. |
| Dimensions | 40 by 10 feet (HS) columnar, upright, fastigiated growth form |
| Propagation | Needs to be vegetatively propagated by tissue culture or cuttings of vigorous growth. Growing this plant from its acorns will produce plants with varied traits. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 2016 by J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., selected from seedlings of the 'Crimson Spire' hybrid oak, |
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