This columnar hornbeam will grow well in full sun or light to deep shade. It is not fussy about soil as long as it is well-drained and it will tolerate sandy and clay situations.

Dense, tightly columnar form stays narrower than the widely planted ‘Fastigiata’. Thick, durable leaves turn from golden yellow to brown and provide winter interest by persisting through the winter months. Tolerates high pH and heavy soils and can be …

Apr 14, 2022 · Columnar European Hornbeam or ‘Fastigiata’ (Carpinus betulus ‘Columnaris’) —The popular hornbeam has a distinctive pyramidal crown. The narrow, columnar crown is formed by densely growing ovate or oblong leaves with double serration.

An attractive, densely branched, columnar tree when young, aging into a stately, broad cone shape with handsome, fluted, gray bark. Distinctive, dark green foliage turns yellow-orange in fall.

'Columnaris Nana' is a dwarf, slow-growing, conical to columnar tree with dense foliage that turns golden yellow in fall. Its catkins mature into attractive hop-like fruits.

This 'Fastigiata' is the most common cultivar of the European Hornbeam. In fact, this columnar, upright form is used in the Midwest and Eastern USA much more than the mother species, …

'Columnaris Nana' is a dwarf European Hornbeam with an upright, conical, or columnar habit, depending on if and how you prune it. Left to grow naturally, it will form a narrow cone 10 to 12 feet tall and 4-6' wide at its base over time.

Dwarf Columnar Hornbeam is just that; a slow growing, narrow form of European Hornbeam that becomes twice as tall as wide. It serves well as a street tree with no pruning necessary or with minimal pruning it becomes a first-rate hedge.

A terrific dwarf columnar to pyramidal specimen tree that needs little to no pruning! It is a great tree for tight and small spaces in the landscape, and it even has unusual winter interest with larger than normal buds.

Columnar European Hornbeam is a dense deciduous tree with a strong central leader and a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.