Frans Fontaine Columnar Hornbeam Tree Hedge - After Six Seasons - September 2024
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The single-best decision we've made with our landscape in the six seasons since we moved into our house was planting a row of Frans Fontaine European Hornbeam trees along the property line on the north side. Over the years, I've tried to document their grown from 2" caliper trees to a full hedge today (one that likely needs to be pruned next season). Here's a post from July 2022 that somewhat chronicles the full history of these trees . I typically try to post some photos of these trees in late Summer - here's the trees from a year ago (September 2023 ) and then again as they drop their leaves. Here's last Fall/early Winter when they were dropping their leaves - and some holding their leaves . Have a look at what the trees look like below - right now. They're tall, full and surprisingly in need of (I think) a prune. Like all the trees in our yard, if you look closely, you'll see a bunch of brown, dead 'tips' on the branches....