Carpe y haya

Landscape architects often choose European Beech or European Hornbeam for property hedges, but Beech often produces superior hedges, despite their similarities in many ways.

Beech is known for its rich color range, while Hornbeam typically displays poorer hues.

European Beech hedges are beneficial due to their bronze-colored leaves that remain from dormancy to spring, while European Hornbeam hedges only hold juvenile leaves for a month or so, making it difficult to achieve the same retention as beech. Additionally, European Hornbeam hedges have inferior leaf color, being more brown and crinkly than beech, which resembles smooth leather.

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Beech's copper-colored winter leaves remain, while Hornbeam's brown winter leaves typically last less.

The beech and hornbeam have similar foliage colors and appearances, but the beech has a more pleasing fall display of yellow and orange, while the hornbeam is yellow-brown or weak chartreuse. Purple and copper variants are also available.

Beech's fall foliage is stunning, while Hornbeam's can turn brown/green.

Beech and hornbeam trees have gray-colored bark, smooth, graceful branches, and can live for over 200 years. Beech plants are crooked and knotty, while hornbeam is crooked and knotty. Both trees add value to property and can be a substantial asset, making them a valuable addition to any landscape.

Beech is a long-lived plant widely used in Europe for estates and other properties due to its longevity.

Both beech and hornbeam plants are well-tolerated in poor soils, drought, maritime exposures with salt, and urban pollution. However, beech is not well-suited for overly wet conditions, while hornbeam is difficult to transplant, especially older plants, due to its reluctance to adapt to urban pollution.

Pests and diseases are generally manageable without causing significant damage to beech or hornbeam plants.

Beech grows at a suitable pace for hedging, requiring light pruning once a year. Hornbeam grows faster and requires pruning twice a year for leaf retention, making it easy to maintain.

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Beech requires only one annual pruning, while Hornbeam requires two. The European Beech is the better plant, except in wet, heavy soil. It has more attractive foliage, better winter leaf retention, nicer bark and form, better longevity, and requires less maintenance, making it the obvious choice. However, it may require more pruning in wet, heavy soil.

Specific care packages for Bonsái for Carpe and Haya:

Posición:

Coloque su bonsai carpe exterior en un lugar luminoso sin directa luz solar y protejalo en invierno de temperaturas bajo cero.

Riego:

Maintains a warm but not damp tree, regularly inspecting it during the summer.

Alimentación:

Fertilize regularly during the first growth and once every two weeks at the end of spring/summer.

Poda:

The hope is that the new spring growth will endure and intensify, forcing the tree to produce more branches near the trunk, thereby creating a better branch.

Trasplante:

Trasplante your carpe or have it at the beginning of spring just before the tree starts growing, once every two years.

Propagación:

Use seeds (in orange) or sprigs (during the entire growth period) for optimal results.