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CARPINUS

Commonly known as Hornbeam

Attractive specimen trees grown for their elegant habit, ornamental foliage, autumn colour and pendent racemes of fruit. Male and female catkins on same tree in spring. Hardier than beech and tolerates wet soil much better.

Hornbeams yield very hard timber which is difficult to work. Long-lasting items such as tool handles, coach wheels, shoe lasts and gear pegs for windmills have been worked from this "ironwood".

Genus of about 40 species of deciduous trees from woodland in Europe, Asia and North America.

The UK native C. betulus, most common in the southeast, and rare in Scotland and Ireland, is favoured by the elusive hawfinch which is fond of the seeds which fall from October.

Further Reading....
  • Deciduous
    Ovate to broadly ovate, double-toothed, glossy, dark green leaves to 5cm (2in) long, turning orange in autumn
  • Height
    6-12m (20-39ft)
  • Spread
    10m (33ft)
  • Tree
    Elegant small tree, upright when young, later rounded. Male catkins are green and 1-1.25cm (½-1in) long, females yellow-green and and to 5cm (2in) long.
  • Hardy - very cold winter
    Hardy in all of UK and northern Europe. Plant can possibly withstand temperatures down to -20°C (-4°F)
  • Full sun
  • Partial shade
  • Additional Features
    Pests & Diseases
    Prone to coral spot, caterpillars and aphids
    Place of origin
    China, Korea and Japan
  • Flower Shape
    Racemes
    Racemes 2.5-5cm (1-2in) long of pendent fruit with ovate, unequal bracts
  • Hardiness
    Fully hardy
  • Leaf margin
    Double Serrate
    (see photos above)
  • Leaf shape
    Ovate
    (see photos above)
  • Pruning group
    Pruning group 1
    Suitable for: Deciduous and evergreen trees, and some deciduous shrubs.
    Pruning: Minimal pruning required. Prune wayward or crossing branches to maintain a healthy framework.
    When: When dormant in the late winter/early spring. Some in the summer/autumn to prevent bleeding of sap.

  • Seasonal Interest
    Autumn
    Spring
  • Soil Conditions
    Fertile well drained soil
    Moderately fertile
  • Tree Shape
    Rounded to broadly spreading
6-12m (20-39ft)
tree - guide for size not form Average Person
  10m (33ft)
 

Buy Varieties of CARPINUS

CARPINUS betulus

CARPINUS betulus

Common hornbeam

 
Pot grown
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CARPINUS betulus 'Fastigiata'

CARPINUS betulus 'Fastigiata'

Common hornbeam

upright columnar growing form

 
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CARPINUS betulus 'Rockhampton Red'

CARPINUS betulus 'Rockhampton Red'

Common hornbeam

excellent autumn colour in fiery orange and red

 
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CARPINUS caroliniana  'Red Fall'

CARPINUS caroliniana 'Red Fall'

American hornbeam.

Red new growth turns green in summer. Spectacular autumn colour, orange-red.

 
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CARPINUS fangiana

CARPINUS fangiana

Fang's hornbeam

perhaps the most striking and unusual of all hornbeams which is a serious 'must have' for any collector. Bronze young leaves and long clusters of fruits with toothed bracts

 
Grafted
£30.00 each 
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CARPINUS fargesiana

CARPINUS fargesiana

Chinese hornbeam, Hornbeam, Vietnamese hornbeam

elegant weeping branches and long decorative hop-like seed clusters ?????

 
£25.00  
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CARPINUS japonica

CARPINUS japonica

Hornbeam

a beautiful spreading tree with corrugated leaves and conspicuous fruiting catkins from an early age

 
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CARPINUS kawakamii

CARPINUS kawakamii

Hornbeam

small tree in cultivation. Serrated leaves and long catkins. Evergreen in our climate in Cornwall

 
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CARPINUS polyneura

CARPINUS polyneura

Hornbeam

reddish-purple new growth of willow-like appearance. Strongly veined leaves with long pinted tips

 
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CARPINUS tschonoskii

CARPINUS tschonoskii

Hornbeam

 
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