Approximate Sizing 25cm Pot – NA 33cm Pot – NA 40cm Pot – NA 50cm Pot – NA
About the Carpinus Betulus 'Fastigiata': Variety: Carpinus Betulus 'Fastigiata' – Fastigiate Hornbeam (also known as Upright European Hornbeam) Full Size: Typically reaches 8 metres tall and 3 metres wide, forming a narrow, columnar shape in youth that broadens slightly with age. Foliage: Deciduous. Deep green serrated leaves turn bright yellow in autumn. Foliage clings well into winter, especially on young trees, offering screening even in dormancy.
Why Choose the Fastigiate Hornbeam?
Key Features:
Distinctly upright and formal in shape, making it ideal for narrow spaces, avenue plantings, or structured screening in modern or classic designs.
Provides a dense summer canopy and retains brown foliage into winter, extending privacy and seasonal interest even when dormant.
Extremely hardy and adaptable, coping well with cold winters, exposed sites, clay soils, and urban pollution across much of Australia.
Responds exceptionally well to clipping and shaping, making it perfect for pleaching, hedging, or formal topiary training.
Low maintenance and long-lived, offering year-round structure, shade, and architectural form with minimal care once established.
