Frank P Matthews
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Carpinus or Hornbeam are attractive and easily grown trees. Suitable for heavy, wet, or chalky soils, and a variety of uses including hedging, topiary and pleaching. The oval, furrowed leaves appear in spring along with fruiting catkins followed by stunning autumn colours, varying from yellow through to purple.
Hornbeam
Gold-lime green leaves turn chartreuse yellow-green from mid-summer. Suitable for specimen and hedging use.
Pyramidal habit, narrow when young and broadening as it matures. Good autumn colours of mellow yellow.
Erect pyramidal habit. Narrow as a young tree broadening with age. A particularly good upright form.
Autumn display of bright red and intense fiery orange foliage, usually persisting until late November.
Common Hornbeam
Grey fluted trunk, ovate, serrate, ribbed leaves turns yellow in autumn. Green catkins followed by winged nuts.
Japanese Hornbeam
Small, wide spreading tree. Purple-brown fruiting catkins. Leaves appear burgundy before turning dark green.
Hardy, slow growing rounded tree with yellow autumn colour. Hanging green/yellow flowers mature to brown catkins.
Upright Hornbeam
Narrow as a young tree broadening with age. Fruiting catkins in the spring. Leaves turn yellow and orange in autumn.
Weeping Hornbeam
Graceful, mushroom-headed tree with steeply pendant branches. Yellow and orange autumn colour.
A rarely seen American Hornbeam with a columnar shape. Attractive orange, red and purple foliage in autumn.
Monkeytail Hornbeam
A rare, wonderful hornbeam. Large, handsome leaves that are boldly ribbed and orange tinted in spring.