Quick Facts
Exposure: Sun or Shade
Height at Maturity: Over 25 Feet
Usage: Landscaping
Shipped As: Bare-root
Planting Zones: 3-9
Product Details
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Hornbeam Trees are deciduous landscaping native to the eastern United States. Gardeners love them for their compact shape, narrow trunk, and large, leafy crown. They grow in most U.S.D.A. plant hardiness zones.
The short-statured type is a cousin to the more enormous American beech. Like the beech, it loves moist soil, full sun to filtered sun, and is resilient against drought.
Hornbeam Trees Are Disease-Resistant
Carpinus caroliniana is heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, disease-resistant, and pest-resistant. Plant it in an appropriate location in soil amended with hardwood mulch and give it an inch of water each week.
The Tree Is Very Easy To Care For
TN Nursery customers love this adaptable, easy-care type, putting it to use as a feature in the following settings:
- Butterfly or pollinator garden: The springtime flowers attract early-season songbirds, butterflies, bees, and moths.
- As a specimen in a small yard: Their petite size makes them the perfect specimen for a smaller property.
- Understory type: Some pair it in the filtered shade of taller species to fill empty spots in their yards. Because it loves partial shade, it's an ideal understory type.
- Urban garden: The small scale of it--especially its narrow trunk--means it can work in an urban garden setting.
This Tree or Carpinus Caroliniana Has Several Common Names.
- Blue Beech
- Ironwood
- Musclewood
- Muscle Wood
- Water Beech
The Tree Reaches 20-40 Feet Tall
Carpinus caroliniana matures only twenty to forty feet tall, and its rounded canopy is about the same width. Its slender, gray trunk is proportional to its height and has a ridged texture.
The Foliage Of The Tree Is A Blue-Green Color
The Foliage of these Trees are blue-green on the top and paler underneath. Each leaf is three to five inches long and up to two inches wide. The leaves are oval, alternate along the stem, and have serrated edges. Small yellow flowers appear in the springtime.
TN Nursery suggests this tree for those who want a lovely, small type that requires little care. Please place your order today.
Need a reliable shade tree? Consider this Tree. It's an excellent deciduous tree that stays manageable, growing to about 30 feet tall and just as many feet wide. It works great as one of the understory trees too. Varieties include the american hornbeam and the popular european hornbeam (also known as common hornbeam). It has beautiful gray bark and lush dark green summer foliage. In the fall, the leaves turn a striking yellow orange. The trees are typically male and female, adding seasonal interest. The Hornbeam Tree is definitely a versatile, strong landscape addition.
