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Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'



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Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata'
Fastigiate European hornbeam

The widest of the narrow selections of the European hornbeam, it develops a formal oval shape with time.

Habit:Broad oval-vase shaped, no central leader, variable in the trade. It has a narrow fastigiate habit in youth that continues to widen to a broad oval.

 
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