Frans Fontain European Hornbeam Tree Hedge - August 2026
Back in July, I posted a photo or two about how I had to prune back some of the lower limbs on some of our Frans Fontaine European (Columnar) Hornebeam trees to make traversing the sideyard boardwalk a little bit easier. They were encroaching on the pathway. That is part of the collection of posts about these trees that you can find here: [ Frans Fontaine European Hornbeam Trees ]. 2026 marks their eight season in the garden and you can go all the way back to when I was first researching the trees and when eight 2" caliper Frans Fontaine European Hornbeam trees were planted in May 2018. They were planted 6-feet trunk-to-trunk . Over the years, I've documented their growth, leaf-fall, bud setting and opening in Spring. Here's what they look like right now - after eight seasons: They're big, and leafy. But, they're starting to show some holes. I haven't pruned these at all. But, the neighbor to the north has pr...