AMERICAN HORNBEAM
AMERICAN HORNBEAM
Zones - 2-9
Description -
Bold appearance to the densely branched flat-domed oval crown covered by dark green leaves. Foliage has from yellow to scarlet-orange coloring in fall. Deciduous. Full sun. Slow grower to 40 feet tall and wide. Seed grown.
Key Benefits
Dense deciduous tree with a wide-spreading, rounded crown. Leaves on pendant twigs are dark green in summer changing to yellow and scarlet-orange in the fall. Slate-gray, irregularly fluted bark.
Time of Flowering
Spring flowers are of no consequence.
Average Landscape Size
Slow-growing to 40 ft. high and wider with age.
Water Needs
Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry.
Sun Exposure
Filtered sun
Cold Hardiness
-50 to -40 F