Carpinus betulus Fastigiata | Common Hornbeam - Cylinder - 525cm - 210lt Louise rounded flower heads

rounded flower heads

creamy white flowers bloom in late spring

It keeps its perfect shape without pruning

Acer palmatum Sango-kaku is a very unusual and attractive plant

A male cultivar that serves as a pollinator for nearby female plants

Carpinus betulus Fastigiata | Common Hornbeam - Cylinder - 525cm - 210lt Louise rounded flower headsCarpinus betulus Fastigata, or Pyramidalis, is a medium sized, deciduous tree with a fluted smooth grey bark, narrowly upright, columnar growth habit, and a pyramidal shape. The leaves are ovate, serrated and ribbed, dark green in summer, coppery yellow in autumn. They remain on branches long into winter. This pyramidal variety has neater and denser form and more glossy leaves. Small flowers appear in catkins in spring before the leaves. Carpinus