| Description | Frans Fontaine Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) Very similar to Fastigiate Hornbeam but maintains a fastigiate form longer than the Fastigiata European Hornbeam |
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| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Fruit | Light brown nutlets mature in October, with three-lobed bracts appearing as an umbrella over the nuts in dangling clusters. The bracts change from light green to yellow in the fall. |
| Leaves | Simple, green, alternate, doubly serrated, pointed, cordate, or rounded at the base. In the fall, it turns yellow to yellow-green. |
| Dimensions | 35 by 15 feet (HS), narrow |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated as a street tree in Endhoven Holland, it came to West Coast USA nursery circa 1993 |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #178-Morton Arboretum ( www.mortonarb.org) |
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