Plant: Pyramidal European Hornbeam
Hornbeam · Carpinus betulus 'Pyramidalis'
Size: 5 gal
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More about this plant
Pyramidalis is a European hornbeam selected for an upright growth habit that gives a dense, formal pyramidal outline. Dark green doubly serrate leaves with quilted veining turn bright yellow in fall, yellow male catkins and longer green female catkins open in spring, and small brown nutlets ride folded bracts in September and October. It grows slowly, takes full sun to partial shade on clay, loam or sand across an acid to alkaline pH range, and tolerates drought and urban conditions, which makes it a durable choice for screens, hedges, street plantings and lawn shade.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 60 ft tall and 30 ft wide
- Blooms in spring
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-8
- Deciduous foliage
- Native plant
Plant description
Pyramidalis is a European hornbeam selected for an upright growth habit that gives a dense, formal pyramidal outline. Dark green doubly serrate leaves with quilted veining turn bright yellow in fall, yellow male catkins and longer green female catkins open in spring, and small brown nutlets ride folded bracts in September and October. It grows slowly, takes full sun to partial shade on clay, loam or sand across an acid to alkaline pH range, and tolerates drought and urban conditions, which makes it a durable choice for screens, hedges, street plantings and lawn shade.
- Foliage
- Dark green, simple, alternate, ovate leaves with doubly serrated margins whose veins give the leaf a quilted appearance, turning bright yellow in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Smooth and grayish brown when young, splitting into shallow furrows, with a distinctly fluted trunk; stems are thin and reddish brown with lighter vertical lenticels.
- Native range
- Europe to Iran
