Cook the fruit in crumbles, pies and cobblers. They are good for spiced jellies, sauces, jams and curds.

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You can use the flower petals in salads and jellies. The fruit hips, full of vitamin C, can be made into syrup for pancakes or ice cream. Avoid the hairs inside the hips, they irritate the throat.

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The small fruits are a sweet foraging treat. You can eat then straight from the shrub. You can also chop them and eat with cereal, pancakes, salads etc. The dried leaves make a vitamin C rich tea.

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Will grow into a very large tree if not coppiced. Often slender for a big tree, tapering towards the top. In woodland, it will develop a very tall, straight trunk.

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Q. robur is ultimately a large tree; heavy limbed, spreading with twisted branches and broad crown which will become broader than tall.

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When growing in the forest – tall dome on upward facing branches on top of long straight trunk.

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