{"product_id":"carpinus-betulus-hornbeam","title":"European Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEuropean Hornbeam - Carpinus betulus\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarpinus betulus\u003c\/em\u003e is the workhorse of formal European landscape design and it translates well to cool temperate Australia, where it is used as much for clipped hedging and pleaching as it is as a free-standing tree. The trunk is smooth grey and fluted like taut muscle, and the ribbed, sharply toothed leaves turn clear gold in autumn. Its defining trick is marcescence: when clipped, it holds dry copper leaves through winter, so a hornbeam hedge screens all year even though the plant is deciduous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy European Hornbeam\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinter Leaf Retention\u003c\/strong\u003e: Regularly clipped plants keep tan leaves through winter, giving a deciduous hedge that still screens.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClipping Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It takes hard and repeated shearing better than almost any other deciduous tree, which is why it is the standard for pleaching.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrunk Texture\u003c\/strong\u003e: Smooth, sinewy, silver-grey bark with vertical fluting that improves with age.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAutumn Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e: Reliable yellow to gold across cool districts, holding for several weeks.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClay Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It handles heavier soils and cold sites that would stall beech or ornamental pears.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClipped formal hedge\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted close and sheared twice a year for a crisp architectural green wall.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePleached screen\u003c\/strong\u003e: Trained on a frame above a fence to lift privacy without occupying garden width.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAvenue tree\u003c\/strong\u003e: Repeated along a drive it makes a strong, upright, symmetrical corridor.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGarden room divider\u003c\/strong\u003e: Used the way a wall would be used, to break a large garden into defined spaces.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 to 1m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 6 to 8m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Winter, while fully dormant\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wide tolerance from clay loam to chalky soil, prefers moist and free draining, dislikes hot dry sandy ground\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water deeply through the first two summers, especially for hedge plantings where the roots are competing along a line. Mulch the full run rather than each plant individually, and begin formative clipping in the second summer so the hedge fills in from the base.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10 to 15m unpruned, readily held at 2 to 4m as a hedge\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 to 10m unpruned\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deciduous, marcescent when clipped\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Full sun to part shade\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e Europe and western Asia\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Insignificant green catkins\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795275153694,"sku":"ND-0374-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"400L","offer_id":59795275186462,"sku":"ND-0374-400L","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/1GVtnBJ4jFvZoTrd-P6fF_Xirj5JDh.jpg?v=1787312295","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}