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CARPINUS
Commonly known as Hornbeam
Attractive specimen trees. 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....
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Deciduous - alternate, prominently-veined, toothed leaves.
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Tree - grown for its elegant habit, ornamental foliage, autumn colour and pendent racemes of fruit. Male and female catkins on same tree in spring.
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Full sun -
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Additional Features - Good to know - - attractive specimen trees and excellent for hedging. -
Pests & Diseases - caterpillars, aphids, coral spot. -
Place of origin - Europe, Asia, North America. -
Soil Conditions - Fertile well drained soil -
Carpinus - Growing Guide
Trees - Care Guide
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
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- Checking ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of CARPINUS
CARPINUS fangiana >
Commonly known as: 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
CARPINUS japonica >
Commonly known as: Hornbeam.
Wide branching and beautiful tree with corrugated leaves and prominent catkins
CARPINUS kawakamii >
Commonly known as: Hornbeam.
Small tree in cultivation. Serrated leaves and long catkins
CARPINUS turczaninowii >
Commonly known as: Hornbeam.
A shrubby tree with bright red new leaves. An attractive and rare species with good autumn colour
