Not a showy bloomer, it develops an upright rounded canopy and grows to a tidy 20 feet. The upright form of the European hornbeam is more common, used as a screen in tight spaces.

These include the Chinese fringe tree, the Japanese snowbell, the upright European hornbeam and the crape myrtle variety named Natchez.

“This selection of the European hornbeam is a fast-growing, upright deciduous tree,” Bunting says. “Once established, it can grow 2 to 3 feet a year.

Stewart recently added a European hornbeam hedge to her farm's "living maze," a landscape she mentions frequently on The Martha Blog. In a post about this project, she said she loves how these ...

More than 250 trees, ranging in height from 8 to 16 feet, will be available, including red maple, Kentucky coffee, tulip, red oak, honey locust, upright European hornbeam, sugar maple, bur oak ...

One of Martha Stewart's recommendations for a lush privacy hedge is the European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), a deciduous tree that thrives in zones 4 through 8.