Carpinus betulus | European Hornbeam - 300-350cm, 35lt Cistus bright pink flowers

bright pink flowers

It is also fairly low-maintenance and requires little pruning

deciduous shrub or small tree of bushy

Best to be planted in open position

Carpinus betulus | European Hornbeam - 300-350cm, 35lt Cistus bright pink flowersCarpinus betulus, or European Hornbeam, is a large, deciduous tree with a fluted grey trunk and very appealing, dense, oval to rounded crown. The leaves are ovate, serrated and ribbed, dark green in summer, coppery yellow in autumn. They remain on branches long into winter. Flowers appear in separate male and female catkins before the leaves, in spring, and are followed by winged nuts. European Hornbeam is a low maintenance and easy to grow plant. It