Hornbeam Hedge Plants - Bareroot
These are young, bareroot Hornbeam hedge plants - Carpinus betulus - for winter delivery and planting (Nov-March).
If you are looking for a great deal on the larger sizes of these bareroot plants, we sell them in discounted bundles of 50.
You can buy potted Hornbeam plants for summer delivery here.
We also sell large Hornbeam trees for ornamental use.
Description:
Hornbeam is equally outstanding in both a formal setting and as a more rugged country hedge.
The glossy green, slightly crinkled leaves turn golden yellow in autumn and then brown in winter. If you clip your hedge in Mid-Late Summer, the dead autumn leaves are held through the winter.
Hornbeam wood is enormously strong and much less likely to break in high winds than most other trees.
Grown naturally, Hornbeam is a medium sized native tree that makes a
beautiful parkland specimen. It is a very popular tree for pleaching
into a flat screen or pollarding.
As well as being a great hedge plant,
Carpinus betulus can be a coppiced tree for firewood or timber.
Can grow up to 20m high, but is fine for hedges as low as 1.5 metres.
Hornbeam VS Beech:
Grown as a hedge, the two plants look very similar, but purists say that beech has the better looking leaves.
Carpinus betulus is a more versatile choice than beech. It will grow in very damp soil that would kill beech. It will also perform much better than beech in shady, exposed or very cold sites.
Hornbeam is also slightly cheaper than beech.
Browse all of our Hornbeam plants for sale here.
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