Carpinus (Corylaceae) BSWJ10800

tschonoskii

An easily grown medium sized tree which we collected seed of from the mountainous area of Iwate in northern Japan in 2005. Where the trees were covered with autumnal coloured elliptical shallowly ribbed leaves on slender drooping petioles. Which bore small catkins in spring and were then festooned in the resulting dangling hop-like loose clusters of bracty winged seed to 8cm long. Easily grown in any reasonable soil in sun or partial shade.