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- Form cut at Hainbuchen - decorative garden ideas
- Form cut on hornbeams has a long tradition
- Playful or straight - the taste decides!
- Insert templates
- The best times for the shape cut
- Tips
Hornbeams are easy to get in shape
Form cut at Hainbuchen - decorative garden ideas
A round ball, a narrow pillar or even a whole menagerie in the garden - with the right shape cut, you can bring the hornbeam into almost any desired shape. Hornbeams are very cut tolerant and are not affected by a shape cut growth.
Form cut on hornbeams has a long tradition
Shaped woody plants have a long tradition. Centuries ago, it was customary to decorate large castles or aristocratic gardens with sculptures of trees and shrubs. Today, hornbeams cut in shape enjoy great popularity in many gardens.
Playful or straight - the taste decides!
As a shape cut for a hornbeam countless options are available. If you prefer simple variants, cut the hornbeam straight, in cube form or to a column hornbeam. Ball round treetops are also very decorative.
If you like it playful, try recreating an animal. Or make your hedge with a round arch through which you can go. Even as bonsai you can cut the hornbeam.
Insert templates
If you want to make a shape cut on the hornbeam, think about how the tree should look later. Make a drawing.
For round hornbeam cuts or for columns, you get ready-made templates in the specialized trade. If you love it fancy, make a template of wire mesh and cardboard.
The stencil should be as stable as possible, so that you can use it for many years for the shape cut on the hornbeam.
The best times for the shape cut
At the first shape cut in spring, you should equalize the hornbeam so that it branches better.
By August you cut the hornbeam into shape again and again by cutting off protruding shoots.
In May and June the hornbeam has a second shoot. Therefore, a second cut from 24 June, the St. John's Day, necessary, so that the figure of hornbeam is preserved.
Tips
In the period from March to September, it is not allowed to radically cut down hornbeam hedges or hornbeams as solitary trees. But you can do a shape cut at any time. Just make sure that you do not disturb birds breeding in the tree.