Carpinus betulus ( Vienna Weeping Hornbeam )

‘Vienna Weeping’ is a fairly reliable pendant cultivar. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall color, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of fruit. Gray bark is fluted and smooth. Leaves are mid-green, ovate, unequally […]

Carpinus betulus ( Variegata Carpinus Hornbeam )

The cultivar, ‘Variegata’ is true to type in form but it’s leaves bear streaks and flecks of pale yellow and ivory. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall color, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes […]

Carpinus betulus ( Rowgow Hornbeam )

‘Rowgow’ is quite small in size, reaching perhaps ten feet in height at maturity, but twice that in width. C. betulus is a cultivated for its ornamental foliage, great fall color, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of fruit. Gray bark is […]

Carpinus betulus ( Quercifolia Carpinus Hornbeam )

‘Quercifolia’ is true to type in habit but has leaves that resemble oak leaves. Autumn color i soft golden tan. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall color, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of […]

Carpinus betulus ( Purpurea Carpinus Hornbeam )

The cultivar, ‘Purpurea’ does not carry purple foliage throughout the year, only new growth is faintly purple hued and fades to green as the season progresses. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall […]

Carpinus betulus ( Punctata Carpinus Hornbeam )

The cultivar, ‘Punctata’ have white flecks to the leaves. Cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall color, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of fruit. Gray bark is […]

Carpinus betulus ( Pinoccheo Hornbeam )

‘Pinoccheo’ is quite vigorous and grows in a narrow and upright form. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall color, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of fruit. Gray bark is fluted and smooth. Leaves […]

Carpinus betulus ( Pendula Dervaesii Hornbeam )

‘Pendula Dervaesii’ is a more reliable pendant or ‘weeping’ cultivar, reaching perhaps to forty feet in height and as much as fifty or sixty feet in width. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great […]

Carpinus betulus ( Pendula Carpinus Hornbeam )

The cultivar, ‘Pendula’ is a supposedly ‘weeping’ cultivar but does not always perform as such. Other cultivars may be a better choice for a ‘weeping’ type. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall […]

Carpinus betulus ( Monument Hornbeam )

‘Monument’ takes on a very nice pyramid shape, and is otherwise true to type. C. betulus is cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, great fall color, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of fruit. Gray bark is fluted and […]