Pyramidal European Hornbeam

Name: Pyramidal European Hornbeam
Brand: Monrovia
SKU: 02277

Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'

Pronunciation: kar-PY-nus BET-ew-lus fas-tih-jee-AY-tuh

SKU #02277

USDA Zone

4-8

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OVERVIEW
Description	An attractive, densely branched, columnar tree when young, aging into a stately, broad cone shape with handsome, fluted, gray bark. Distinctive, dark green foliage turns yellow-orange in fall. Plant in groups as a screen or windbreak, or use as a specimen in a narrow yard or street side. Takes well to hard pruning as a formal hedge. Deciduous.
Light	Full sun
Watering	Water when top 3 inches of soil is dry.
Blooms	Inconspicuous; prized for foliage.
Mature Size	Moderate growing; reaches 35 to 45 ft. tall, 25 to 35 ft. wide.

STYLE
Landscape Use	Espalier, Hedge, Privacy Screen, Windbreak, Shade Tree
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.
Flower Color	Yellow
Foliage Color	Dark Green
Companion Plants	Pine (Pinus); Red Maple (Acer Rubrum); Maidenhair (Ginkgo); Spruce (Picea); Harry Lauder's Walking Stick (Corylus avellana 'Contorta'); Purple European Beech (Fagus)

CARE
Care	Provide deep, well-drained soil. Water deeply, regularly during the first few growing seasons to establish an extensive root system; once established, reduce frequency. Apply a general purpose fertilizer in early spring. Minimal pruning required in natural form; as a hedge, prune in winter while dormant.

HISTORY
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.

This Plant's Growing Zones: 4-8