Frans Fontaine Hornbeams - Columnar Tree Hedge - September Check-In
How do our Frans Fontaine European Hornbeam Trees look this season? Like this photo below- showing the green foliage covering the upright, columnar habit of these trees planted along the northside of our property as a screen between our house and our neighbor's property. You can see part of the gable of our neighbor's house at the top of the photo below: One of the most comment questions that I get on the blog is from someone making a comment asking about these trees. Things like: How do they look now? Any update? How far are they spaced? Someone (locally...who grew up in Naperville, but current lives in Barrington and is planning on putting up some Frans Fontaine Hornbeams in their yard) just posted a comment on this post - asking how they're doing . Last Summer I posted a detailed history of the trees - showing their growth and how they closed in the last remaining gaps between the trees. I have not pruned these at all - ot...