Pyramidal European Hornbeam
Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
An attractive, columnar tree with dense branches when young, spreading into a broad cone shape with age. Clean looking dark green foliage turns yellow-orange in fall. Great for screens and street trees.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | kar-PY-nus BET-ew-lus |
| Key feature: | Fall Color |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 2 - 9, 14 - 17 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing to 35 to 45 ft. tall, 25 to 35 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Fall Color |
| Landscape uses: | Espalier, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Windbreak, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 2277 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
Well proven tree for boulevards, parks and institutional landscapes. Nice shade tree for narrow suburban yards and for visually dividing closely placed multistory homes. The favorite form for allees and pleached effects in the European style. In a windrow, hornbeam makes a fine large scale visual screen or windbreak.
Companion Plants
Great with evergreen Oriental Spruce, (Picea orientalis 'Atrovirens') and Austrian Pine, (Pinus nigra). Exceptional color companions include Autumn Gold Maidenhair, (Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold') and River's Purple European Beech, (Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii').
History
The European hornbeam is native to Europe eastward to central Asia. It has been in cultivation for so long there is no date of introduction. It was introduced into North America during colonial times. This fastigiate form was introduced in 1883.
Lore
Hornbeam is a favorite tree for the art of pleaching, which is a form of topiary on a monstrous scale. This species withstands frequent shearing and is often planted into allees in Britain.
An attractive, columnar tree with dense branches when young, spreading into a broad cone shape with age. Clean looking dark green foliage turns yellow-orange in fall. Great for screens and street trees.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Watering can be reduced after establishment. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: winter.
Design Ideas
Well proven tree for boulevards, parks and institutional landscapes. Nice shade tree for narrow suburban yards and for visually dividing closely placed multistory homes. The favorite form for allees and pleached effects in the European style. In a windrow, hornbeam makes a fine large scale visual screen or windbreak.
Companion Plants
Great with evergreen Oriental Spruce, (Picea orientalis 'Atrovirens') and Austrian Pine, (Pinus nigra). Exceptional color companions include Autumn Gold Maidenhair, (Ginkgo biloba 'Autumn Gold') and River's Purple European Beech, (Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii').
History
The European hornbeam is native to Europe eastward to central Asia. It has been in cultivation for so long there is no date of introduction. It was introduced into North America during colonial times. This fastigiate form was introduced in 1883.
Lore
Hornbeam is a favorite tree for the art of pleaching, which is a form of topiary on a monstrous scale. This species withstands frequent shearing and is often planted into allees in Britain.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | kar-PY-nus BET-ew-lus |
| Key feature: | Fall Color |
| Plant type: | Tree |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Deciduous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 4 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 2 - 9, 14 - 17 |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Moderate growing to 35 to 45 ft. tall, 25 to 35 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Moderate |
| Growth habit: | Pyramidal |
| Special features: | Fall Color |
| Landscape uses: | Espalier, Firescaping/Fire Wise, Mass Planting, Windbreak, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 2277 |
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