A columnar tree can accentuate a planting bed, drawing the eye upward. ... Some varieties they regularly use include European hornbeam, Armstrong maple, and Musashino zelkova.

As a densely foliated, columnar or oval-shaped tree, the European hornbeam is ideal for use as a hedge, screen, or windbreak. It's also preferred over the American hornbeam as it grows faster with ...

Pyramidal European Hornbeam works fantastic for a living fence. Dawyck Purple Beech is a dense deciduous tree with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. It has attractive deep purple ...

If you don’t have the garden space for a large tree, consider Frans Fontaine Columnar hornbeam (Carpinus betulus ‘Frans Fontaine’). This tree is column-shaped, staying relatively slim.

City staff have plans to plant 40 columnar European hornbeam trees along Rivergrove Drive East on Saturday, April 22, which is also Earth Day.

Stewart recently added a European hornbeam hedge to her farm's "living maze," a landscape she mentions frequently on The ...