Hornbeam Maple

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Newman Meadow

Source of plant

Heronswood/Cobblewood Collection, Peter Podaras, Arborvillage Farm Nursery

Description

Small tree or large shrub reaching 30' in height; densely branched and upright, but not fastigiate, branchlets thin, glabrous. Leaves oblong, unlobed, doubly serrate, densely covered with silky hairs when young; fall color often a good golden yellow or rich brown. Flowers greenish, borne in racemes on long, slender pedicels in May.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3