Description
A shade loving tree that is native to Europe.
Typically found growing in groups near to Oak trees and sometimes Beech.
Hornbeam are ideal for pleaching and make excellent boundary line trees.
The common Hornbeam is a large tree with serrated leaves (catkins appear in late spring) that turn a lovely clear Yellow in autumn.
Hornbeam is a British native tree, producing finely grained timber with many uses.
The timber of the Hornbeam has traditionally been used to produce mallets, and some of the moving parts in pianos.
