European Hornbeam Hedges For Your Landscape

European Hornbeam: The densely branched Carpinus betulus is columnar when young and grows into its stately namesake shape as it ages, up to 80 feet tall where it is native in Europe and Central Asia. European Hornbeam has a distinctive fluted gray bark and sharply-toothed dark green foliage that turns yellow-orange in autumn.

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