Carpinus turczaninowii Fruit Quite narrow as a young

Quite narrow as a young tree but broadening with age

As autumn approaches the delicate leaves start to give off their well-known burned sugar/gingerbread-like scent accompanied with brilliant colours of orange

slowly enveloping the entire panicle

Plant sheltered in well-drained acidic soil

sweet and edible

Carpinus turczaninowii Fruit Quite narrow as a youngA smaller and very elegant hornbeam, developing an open, rounded crown with slightly pendulous tips. The foliage is smaller than our native with prominent veins, emerging red becoming dark green in summer, then orange in autumn. Very conspicuous, large, hop like, pendulous fruit. Does well in all free draining soils. Sun to partial shade. H6