Height: 30’
Spread: 10′
Shape: Tightly columnar
Growth Rate: Medium
Foliage: Dark Green
Fall Color: Golden Yellow
Flower: Catkins
Fruit: Nutlet
Distinctive Features: Tight columnar form

Lucas Columnar Hornbeam is a tightly columnar deciduous tree with durable, forest green foliage that turns golden yellow in fall before transitioning to brown and persisting through winter. Tolerant of high pH and heavy soils, it excels as an accent, tall hedge, or allee tree, with smooth gray bark adding year-round interest.

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Photo credit: J. Frank Schmidt Nursery