Carpinus betulus - Pleached/Espalier (85cm x 50cm Metal) - 30lt Fir graceful racemes of pure purple

graceful racemes of pure purple flowers drape elegantly down from the horizontal lines of the metal framework

deciduous tree with elegant weeping branches

where it can be used for hedging

Arbutus unedo multi-stem grows slowly in a multi-stem form

making it easy to bite into and chew

Carpinus betulus - Pleached/Espalier (85cm x 50cm Metal) - 30lt Fir graceful racemes of pure purpleCarpinus Betulus Pleached Espalier on 85x50cm Metal frame 30lt Carpinus betulus, or European Hornbeam, is a large, deciduous tree with a fluted grey trunk and very appealing, dense, oval to rounded crown. The leaves are ovate, serrated and ribbed, dark green in summer, coppery yellow in autumn. They remain on branches long into winter. Flowers appear in separate male and female catkins before the leaves, in spring, and are followed by winged nuts.