Species: Carpinus betulus L.
Italian common noun: European hornbeam
Family: Betulaceae
Natural shapesShapes and Topiary ArtTrees DeciduosFull sunPartial shade
Climate resistance: + / -20° CClimate resistance: + / -20° C
- Legislative Decree no. 151 - Legislative Decree no. 386

Origin: Europe, Minor Asia.

Botanical characteristics: It is a medium-sized deciduous tree with branches from the base.  It has a pyramidal growth habit or a rounded crown when it gets pruned as a tree. It has a sinuous trunk with vertical grooves and a smooth grey bark. It has got elliptical leaves with acute tip, doubly serrated margins and very impressed veins. They are golden-yellow in autumn. The infructescenses consist of a nutlet (Nucula) subtended by a green three-lobed  leaf-like bract. Dried leaves and infructescenses persist on the plant all winter.

Agronomic and environmental characteristics: Once this plant formed the Po valley, together with oak, this vegetal association was called Quercus- Carpinetum. It can be found on fresh, rich and well-drained soils in the woodlands of the Po valley, and most rarely in the hills. It adapts to calcareous and clay soils, too.

Use: It is ideal for formal hedges since it withstands drastic and repeated pruning. It can be used as a single plant, in groups, for natural or pruned hedges and windbreaks. It can also be grown as small tree. It is suitable for avenues and car parks. It is used to cover slopes and for reforestation. In the Garden of the Venetian Villa the “Carpinata” was an avenue with Carpinus all along, which could have been planted at different distances and it could have been natural shaped or pruned to form a green tunnel.

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Produzione Note Altezza Circonferenza tronco Diametro/Lato chioma Q.tà  
Cont.for. 40 Cont.for. 40
Vaso 9.9.13 Vaso 9.9.13
Vaso 12 Vaso 12
Vaso Ø 18 Vaso Ø 18
Vaso Ø 22 Vaso Ø 22
Vaso Ø 24 Vaso Ø 24
Zolla 150-175 cm
Zolla 175-200 cm
Zolla 200-250 cm
Zolla 250-300 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 300-350 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 350-400 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 400-450 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 450-500 cm
Zolla forma a cilindro 250-300 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cilindro 300-350 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cilindro 350-400 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cilindro 400-450 cm
Zolla forma a piramide 250-300 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a piramide 300-350 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a piramide 350-400 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a piramide 400-450 cm
Zolla forma a parallelepipedo (altezza a scelta) 60x60 cm
Zolla forma a parallelepipedo (altezza a scelta) 80x80 cm
Zolla forma a parallelepipedo (altezza a scelta) 100x100 cm
Zolla 6-8 cm
Zolla 8-10 cm
Zolla
Zolla 12-14 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 14-16 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 16-18 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 18-20 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 20-25 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 25-30 cm