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[IBC] american or korean hornbeam
I have been looking at hornbeams and can not decide which one
to purchase. Either American or Korean. I live in charlotte which is zone 7b. I'm going to buy them from evergreen gardenworks. Any comments would be appreciated. The "Korean" hornbeam, is it listed as C. coreana or C. turczinowii? If those last two are not synonyms (and I don't _think_ they are), I don't know C. t., but have a C. coreana and several C. caroliniana, all shohin size. Leaves of the American hornbeam are larger. Bark seems to be smoother, and gets that ropy muscular look with ease. I find it harder to develop ramification on the Am. hornbeam than on C. coreana. But it also is more difficult to get a thick, tapered trunk on C. coreana. Neither grows particularly fast. Both get a rusty red fall color. I haven't really noticed any pests (other than the occasional caterpillar) on either. I'd rely on Brent's descriptions. He carries all three species, and touts C. coreana as "the best." I've done some pre-collecting work on a large American hornbeam out in my woods. It has a 6-inch diameter base. Haven't gotten up the nerve to actually dig it yet, as I have heard that collecting large C. caroliniana is an iffy proposition. Small 1-2 inchers dig readily. In Charlotte, you should be able to find somewhere to dig up a C. caroliniana that already is acclimatized to your area. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it should have - Paul Bigelow Sears. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Mark Zimmerman++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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