CARPINUS betulus 3 Litre pot - Premium - pack of 8
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Product Code:
CARBET 3L G_PH
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From Only: £37.60 Ex VAT
Or £4.70 Per plant
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Our Premium RHS Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam) is excellent as a specimen tree and commonly used for hedging. Suitable with any reasonable well drained soil in sun or moderate shade.
Hornbeam retains brown foliage in winter-- especially if pruned in late summer. This makes it an excellent windbreak and screen. So much so that it used to be used in mazes.
Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) hedges are a wildlife haven. The fruit provide autumn food for wildlife. Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) hedges provide food for moth caterpillars including the Small White Wave-- Pale November -- Nut Tree Tussock-- and Copper Underwing. Hawfinches eat the seed in autumn and winter. Hares-- rabbits and field mice love the leaf shoots and foliage. Each tree supports around 28 species of wildlife.
A very attractive deciduous plant with attractive autumn colouring.
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Benefits
• RHS potted Hornbeam hedging plants, under licence granted by the Royal Horticultural Society
• Growth; Upright sturdy-- deciduous tree
• Height: 25m max
• Spread: 20m max
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Shelter: Exposed-- sheltered
• Light Needs: Best grown in a sunny position
• Water Needs: Semi-moist conditions
• Soil Conditions: Moist but well drained-- Chalky-- Clay-- Loamy-- Sandy soil
• Flower: Light green in Spring
• Leaves: Light green in Spring; Green in Summer; Yellow in Autumn
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