european hornbeam

Hi folks, I've managed to acquire this incredible european hornbeam stump. It has been initially styled by the previous owner but my concern is that it only has three, high-up, primary branches, two of which emanate from practically the same spot, with the first branch having been wired down in...

Carpinus with, carved hollow trunk

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In winter 2021, I purchased a couple of pencil-thin bareroot hornbeams (European) for very cheap from a local supplier, with the intention of practicing bonsai techniques on them. I found a spot in my garden to plant the trees, and put them through washers which were positioned above the roots...

I’m still struggling to figure out what’s wrong with my American Hornbeam. A ton of leaves have these black spots showing up on them. I suspected fungus so I removed all the leaves with spots and sprayed with fungicide some weeks ago, but that didn’t seem to have any effect on the tree. Overall...

My first time with a hornbeam but I found them interesting because of their legendary vigor. I picked up this nice pre-bonsai from a guy back in the early spring (this year) and it did precisely one thing: leafed out (as you can see), but nothing else. Meanwhile my other trees have been like...

I’m wondering if anyone has the answer to this. I’ve noticed some new growth on my Hornbeam has started to develop this brown edges to them. The edges while brown, are not crispy or dry when they first develop. My tree is kept in the shade for as long as possible throughout the day, but gets...

I’ve started to notice these black spots, burnt edges, and holes developing in some of my hornbeam leaves. At first I thought it was sunburn but after hearing many people discuss how their hornbeams can tolerate full sun I am starting to think it’s a fungal infection. The tree does seem semi...

This hornbeam had to be removed from a garden and that allowed me to collect it and try to make something out of it. It has been collected end of December, not ideal but leaving it longer was no option. I removed a large part of the roots, the taproot and lower sidetroots, and there are only...

Hello, A large (now my largest) twin trunk hornbeam. Currently in a very large airpot and really well established. Has been roughly shortened and cut back, just to fit in the car. No styling or anything else done for it yet. DSC_1263 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr DSC_1258 by Conor Dashwood, on...

Hello All, Tree from BobbyLane, bought this season 03-07-2019. Big lump of a multi-trunk thing. Bobby has done all the work on this so far, cut trunks shorter and hard cut back on any growth. It was in a huge air pot originally, he has also repotted so Its just for me to look at for now...

A hornbeam purchased from @BobbyLane in August 2018. Nice chunky trunk with movement, character, a good load of carving done by Bobby and good spread nebari to improve over time. DSC_0087 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr DSC_0088 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr DSC_0091 by Conor Dashwood, on Flickr...