Position: Part shade
Soil: Any reasonably drained soil
A beautiful, recently introduced hornbeam with handsome, large, heavily veined leaves and striking pendant fruiting catkins up to 40cm long. Very different to other hornbeams, fangiana was first collected by Fang Wen-Pei near Nanchuan Xian in Southern Sichuan. Seems to prefer some shade in cultivation. This is a form collected by Mikinori Ogisu
Hardiness | H4 |
Soil | Any decent soil |