Carpinus betulus

Big wide crowns
Meerstammigen / solitairen
For use in landscapes
Park tree and/or specimen tree
Shadow enduring
Endures pavement
Height
15m - 20m
Transparency
Dense
Ornamental value
Autumn colour
Autumn colour

Golden yellow

Soil type
Fertile, loamy

The Common hornbeam or European hornbeam is by nature a forest tree, however cultivated as a park and avenue tree since ancient times. Height 15-20 m with a dense, wide crown and golden yellow autumn colouring. Ideal for training / pleaching. Often cultivated as a shaped tree (cubes, arches and pleached).