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Monday 9 July 2012

Good plant #164 - Carpinus Betulus ‘Pendula’

This is a majestic, deciduous and weeping hornbeam tree. It has catkins in spring, winged-seed cases and yellow leaves in autumn. It's a slow grower and can be trimmed to umbrella-like shapes. It can grow to a hefty size.

It prefers some sun and almost any soil, except very wet soil.

This can be propagated by grafting.

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