Hornbeam Carpinus betulus
Boost the privacy of your garden with the natural beauty of Hornbeam, boasting spring to autumn foliage, regularly holding firm even across winter.Deciduous and broadleaf Hornbeam are similar to Common Beech, but with bright green new leaves in spring, deeply veined and with serrated edges. The colour evolves to an autumnal copper shade towards the end of the year.Many of the leaves remain in place into winter, for a colourful spectacle when many others are bare or tired. In time, this variety transforms into a high hedge, screening out noise and wind, growing in height by roughly 20-40cm per year.While creating an impactful border, hedges are also valuable to the wildlife of your garden, providing shelter and food supplies for many animals. Springtime catkins are followed by brown autumn berries, which are loved by birds.These Hornbeam thrive even in poorer soil quality and exposed sites of the garden, tolerating conditions where the ground lays slightly wet through winter, such as on clay soils - great solutions for filling tricky spaces.Supplied as a set of three established plants, 80-100cm tall in 3L pots, ready to plant.