Carpinus japonica, commonly called Japanese hornbeam, is a slow-growing, deciduous, small to medium-sized understory tree with an attractive spreading globular form. It typically grows 20-30’ tall in cultivation, but may reach 50’ tall in its native habit in Japan.

Carpinus japonica, the Japanese hornbeam, is a hornbeam endemic to Japan but cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental. [2] It is a deciduous tree growing to 12–15 metres (39–49 ft) tall with leaves that are longer and darker than the European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus). [3]

Japanese Hornbeam is a small to medium-sized, slow-growing, deciduous, understory tree. The tree grows up to 20-30 feet tall in cultivation and up to 50 feet tall in its native habitat. It is stately and sturdy with attractive foliage and ornamental catkins. The numerous pairs of deep veins on each leaf make the foliage distinctive.

Leaves alternate, simple, ovate-oblong, 5-11 cm long, acuminate, base rounded to weakly cordate, margin doubly serrate, 20-24 deeply impressed vein pairs, dark green in summer, yellowish in fall. Male and female flowers in separate clusters (catkins) on the same tree.

Carpinus japonica is a fast-growing broadleaf deciduous tree with green foliage. In fall, spring and summer green and yellow flowers emerge followed by brown fruit. Grows well with sun - shade and even moisture - regular water.

Carpinus japonica: a heavy crop of immature fruit (Washington Park, Seattle; 2nd June 2022). Image Julian Sutton. A tree to 15 m, often with a straight stem. Bark grey-brown, soon with scaly ridges. Twigs with silky hairs at first.

Japanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica) is a plant that adapts to all types of soils, chalk, clay, loam or sand. The chalky soil is pale and contains chunks of calcium-rich rock. It is a fertile and well-draining soil, almost always alkaline.

2016年9月21日 · C. japonica, a Japanese Hornbeam is a smaller variety, usually less than thirty feet in height, but does not have considerable fall color display. Cultivated for its upright or pyramidal habit, ornamental foliage, and pendant, leafy-bracted racemes of friut.

Carpinus japonica, also known as the Japanese Hornbeam, is a slow-growing deciduous tree native to Japan. It's a stately understory tree that's both sturdy and elegant, making it a favorite for gardens and landscapes.

Carpinus japonica – Japanese Hornbeam View prices and availability A large bush-like form gives way to a decorative tree with a fine vase-shaped manner of growth that later becomes broader.