CARPINUS betulus 'FRANS FONTAINE'

common hornbeam 'Frans Fontaine'

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CARPINUS betulus 'FRANS FONTAINE'

common hornbeam 'Frans Fontaine'

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  • Maintenance advice : Pruning is unnecessary but can be done in winter.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : bred in Belguim before 1962.
  • Use group : Bäumen
  • Height at 10 years : 10 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : fastigiate, columnar
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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A tree for line arrangements, forming a dense and compact column. Branches grow upright all along the trunk. Will become more oval shaped after 20 years. Light green curving leaves. More compact, an improvement of the 'Columnaris' variety. The first trees where tested at Nijmegen near Eindhoven (NL) then named by TKC in 1983. Any normal soil, porous, not too dry.