Hornebean Fastigata | Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' - 220-240cm - 20lt Chalk soil adding to the shrub's year-round

adding to the shrub's year-round interest

The propensity for suckering demands regular attention to prevent these from sapping nutrients from the main tree

The Wisteria Prematura boasts abundant and pendulous flower racemes that hang delicately from the branches during its blooming season

purplish flowers bloom in spring and are followed by pink

Hornebean Fastigata | Carpinus betulus 'Fastigiata' - 220-240cm - 20lt Chalk soil adding to the shrub's year-roundCarpinus betulus Fastigata, or Pyramidalis, is a medium sized, deciduous tree with a fluted smooth grey bark, narrowly upright, columnar growth habit, and a pyramidal shape. The leaves are ovate, serrated and ribbed, dark green in summer, coppery yellow in autumn. They remain on branches long into winter. This pyramidal variety has neater and denser form and more glossy leaves. Small flowers appear in catkins in spring before the leaves. Carpinus