Carpinus betulus
Common Hornbeam

Description

Features:
✓ Large, native tree
✓ Beech like, serrated leaves
✓ Leaves turn yellow in autumn before falling

A deciduous tree which has light-green leaves that are similar to beech, only shorter, softer and slightly curved at the tips. Leaves turn golden-yellow to orange in autumn and mostly stay on throughout winter providing seasonal interest and screening. Hornbeam forms a compact, neat, shape and because of that is often used as a hedging plant. Can grow up to 25m tall by 10m wide in its lifetime.

Don't forget to consider:
Tree Stakes to support the tree - buy here.
Tree Belting to secure the tree to the stake supports - buy here.
Tree and Shrub Compost to add a layer of good soil in the planting hole - buy here.
Mycorrhizal fungi to encourage strong, new roots - buy here.