http://www.barcham.co.uk/taxonomy/term/11/0 Although there are about 45 species of hornbeam, barely half of them are in cultivation. These handsome trees are predominantly from China, but are widely distributed in temperate areas of the northern hemisphere. en http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"> <!-- flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-image-17"> <a href="/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam"><img alt="Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam)" src="http://www.barcham.co.uk/files/Carpinus-betulus---main_th.jpg" /></a> </div> <!-- /flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <!-- flexinode_textarea.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-textarea-3"> <!-- Summary --> <p>The timber of the Hornbeam has traditionally been used to produce mallets, skittles and even the moving parts of pianos.</p> </div> <!-- /flexinode_textfield.tpl.php --> </div><p><a href="http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam">read more</a></p> http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam#comment Clay Soils Cold Exposed Sites Carpinus Oval Autumn Interest Large (over 20m) Carpinus betulus Hedging Fri, 26 May 2006 15:42:38 +0100 admin 130 at http://www.barcham.co.uk http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-fastigiata <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"> <!-- flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-image-17"> <a href="/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-fastigiata"><img alt="Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam) &#039;Fastigiata&#039;" src="http://www.barcham.co.uk/files/Carpinus-betlus-fastigiata-_th.jpg" /></a> </div> <!-- /flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <!-- flexinode_textarea.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-textarea-3"> <!-- Summary --> <p>This Hornbeam received an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 2002.</p> </div> <!-- /flexinode_textfield.tpl.php --> </div><p><a href="http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-fastigiata">read more</a></p> http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-fastigiata#comment Clay Soils Carpinus Pyramidal Autumn Interest Medium to Large (15-20m) Carpinus betulus Fastigiata Fri, 26 May 2006 15:55:52 +0100 admin 131 at http://www.barcham.co.uk http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-frans-fontaine <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"> <!-- flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-image-17"> <a href="/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-frans-fontaine"><img alt="Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam) &#039;Frans Fontaine&#039;" src="http://www.barcham.co.uk/files/Carpinus-betulus-Fast-Frans_th.jpg" /></a> </div> <!-- /flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <!-- flexinode_textarea.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-textarea-3"> <!-- Summary --> <p>This Hornbeam cultivar was selected from a street in the Netherlands in the early 1980s.</p> </div> <!-- /flexinode_textfield.tpl.php --> </div><p><a href="http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-frans-fontaine">read more</a></p> http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-betulus-hornbeam-frans-fontaine#comment Clay Soils Carpinus Compaction-resistant Narrow Pollution resistant Street Medium to Large (15-20m) Carpinus betulus Fastigiata Frans Fontaine Fri, 26 May 2006 16:09:08 +0100 admin 132 at http://www.barcham.co.uk http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-japonica-japanese-hornbeam <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"> <!-- flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-image-17"> <a href="/trees/carpinus-japonica-japanese-hornbeam"><img alt="Carpinus japonica (Japanese Hornbeam)" src="http://www.barcham.co.uk/files/Carpinus-japonica---main_th.jpg" /></a> </div> <!-- /flexinode_image.tpl.php --> <!-- flexinode_textarea.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-textarea-3"> <!-- Summary --> Conspicuous fruiting catkins are a feature of the Japanese Hornbeam in spring. </div> <!-- /flexinode_textfield.tpl.php --> </div><p><a href="http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-japonica-japanese-hornbeam">read more</a></p> http://www.barcham.co.uk/trees/carpinus-japonica-japanese-hornbeam#comment Parkland Trees Carpinus Medium (10-15m) Carpinus japonica Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:48:59 +0100 ellen 423 at http://www.barcham.co.uk http://www.barcham.co.uk/node/422 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-1"> <!-- flexinode_textarea.tpl.php --> <div class="flexinode-textarea-3"> <!-- Summary --> Conspicuous fruiting catkins are a feature of the Japanese Hornbeam in spring. </div> <!-- /flexinode_textfield.tpl.php --> </div><p><a href="http://www.barcham.co.uk/node/422">read more</a></p> http://www.barcham.co.uk/node/422#comment Parkland Trees Carpinus Medium (10-15m) Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:48:58 +0100 ellen 422 at http://www.barcham.co.uk