Korean Hornbeam

[eeeealmo]

I got my first Korean Hornbeam last year at the REBS show in Oakland, California. It had tons of ramification, the start of some nice nebari, and a nice thick trunk. As purchased :


Close up of the nebari :



Putting on some nice fall colors :



Finally repotted and ready for spring! It's a little off-center in this pot because some structural roots made it hard to squeeze in. I had reduced the roots quite a bit so was hesitant to remove any further.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

I like that it looks like you are changing the "Christmas tree pointy top" to a more natural spreading deciduous apex.

Nice tree. Nice pot. The tree has a good future.

 

[eeeealmo]

I like that it looks like you are changing the "Christmas tree pointy top" to a more natural spreading deciduous apex.

Nice tree. Nice pot. The tree has a good future.

Yea I'm definitely aiming for a naturalistic deciduous apex. We'll see what it does this year and what I have to work with.

 

[just.wing.it]

Do you know which Korean Hornbeam it is?
I have a Carpinus Turczaninowii.

 

[eeeealmo]

Do you know which Korean Hornbeam it is?
I have a Carpinus Turczaninowii.

sure don't i didn't even know there were varieties of korean hornbeam.

 

[cmeg1]

Do you know which Korean Hornbeam it is?
I have a Carpinus Turczaninowii.

Definately Coreana. @eeeealmo
Im going to try my hand propagating.Budd are bursting in the grow room

 

[just.wing.it]

Definately Coreana. @eeeealmo
Im going to try my hand propagating.Budd are bursting in the grow room

What's the dead giveaway? Is it the bark?

 

[cmeg1]

What's the dead giveaway? Is it the bark?

Stature,smaller fatter leaves....turczaninowwi leaves are slightly more elongated

 

[cmeg1]

Closer internode too

 

[Cypress187]

Finally repotted and ready for spring!

Isn't it too early for repotting? I can I just throw on some cold protection?

 

[JudyB]

Isn't it too early for repotting? I can I just throw on some cold protection?

The originator of the thread is in San Jose CA. Warm climate there.

Nice tree, the nice basal flare is planted so deep in the new pot that it can't be seen though. That is a good characteristic, and really adds to the image and the taper of the tree.

 

[Forsoothe!]

Which one is this? I have always represented it as C. coreana, but don't remember if there was a proper tag almost 20 years ago.

 

[eeeealmo]

The originator of the thread is in San Jose CA. Warm climate there.

Nice tree, the nice basal flare is planted so deep in the new pot that it can't be seen though. That is a good characteristic, and really adds to the image and the taper of the tree.

I planted it deeper to promote new roots at the right level to match the nice roots that were already there. I took a gouge and scored the bark along roots kind of like ground layering.

I'll plant it higher once those new roots develop

 

[eeeealmo]

Isn't it too early for repotting? I can I just throw on some cold protection?

As someone pointed out, I'm from a very temperate part of the US where we don't get much cold so most people start repotting after the solstice

 

[eeeealmo]

Post-Summer-pruning update. Still very happy with this guy so far.

 

[just.wing.it]

Stature,smaller fatter leaves....turczaninowwi leaves are slightly more elongated

Ya know, from every thing I can see online, Coreana is the one with the longer leaves.

 

[cmeg1]

Ya know, from every thing I can see online, Coreana is the one with the longer leaves.

Maybe Brent will clear this up....definately smaller and more compact growth in my experiance....

Evergreen Gardenworks Descriptive Catalog: Carpinus, Cedrus, Chaenomeles

 

[just.wing.it]

Maybe Brent will clear this up....definately smaller and more compact growth in my experiance....

Evergreen Gardenworks Descriptive Catalog: Carpinus, Cedrus, Chaenomeles

Makes me wonder about mine.....

Korean Hornbeam Turczaninowii

This is the one that used to be tall and gangly, I wanted more branching after 2 or 3 years, cut it back hard....and the whole top died off. Been in this plastic training pot since spring of 2018. Buds are swelling and greening up....gonna have a look under the hood today. Guess it'll need...

www.bonsainut.com

 

[cmeg1]

Makes me wonder about mine.....

Korean Hornbeam Turczaninowii

This is the one that used to be tall and gangly, I wanted more branching after 2 or 3 years, cut it back hard....and the whole top died off. Been in this plastic training pot since spring of 2018. Buds are swelling and greening up....gonna have a look under the hood today. Guess it'll need...

www.bonsainut.com

Coreana
The plain turczninowio have slightly longer leaves and further internodes...the japanese hornbeam have the pointiest leaves

 

[just.wing.it]

Coreana
The plain turczninowio have slightly longer leaves and further internodes...the japanese hornbeam have the pointiest leaves

Wow, the "bonsai master" that I got it from had dozens of them, all grown for bonsai for 36 years.....he was told by the 90 year old guy who started them that they were Turczaninowii.