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Hi Janice, I have Korean Hornbeams, Carpinus coreana. I live in USDA zone 5b/6a. My temps go down to the single digits at times in the winter. Now I'm talking F degrees not C. If you are talking C then if I am correct -10C is about 14F.

My Hornbeams are in an unheated garage. The temps in the garage stay a bit warmer than the outdoors. One wall of the garage is common to the house. I place them into the garage, on a shelf, in late November and bring them out in the early spring when the temps are in the mid-30's. I have a small heat source below the shelf that my trees live on. I believe that this type of tree can take freeze. It will not like a freeze thaw freeze thaw type situation... nor will any tree. You could bury it in the ground and mulch it. But I would try and get it into some type of sheltered envirenment. Somewhere that the wind will not get to it.

Good luck!

4-Oct-2002	#2
Jay YOU CAN NOT RUSH TIME Join Date: Sep-2001 Location: Jeffersonville Vt Country: USA USDA Zone: 4 AHS Heat Zone: 3 Posts: 2,154	Hi Janice, I have Korean Hornbeams, Carpinus coreana. I live in USDA zone 5b/6a. My temps go down to the single digits at times in the winter. Now I'm talking F degrees not C. If you are talking C then if I am correct -10C is about 14F. My Hornbeams are in an unheated garage. The temps in the garage stay a bit warmer than the outdoors. One wall of the garage is common to the house. I place them into the garage, on a shelf, in late November and bring them out in the early spring when the temps are in the mid-30's. I have a small heat source below the shelf that my trees live on. I believe that this type of tree can take freeze. It will not like a freeze thaw freeze thaw type situation... nor will any tree. You could bury it in the ground and mulch it. But I would try and get it into some type of sheltered envirenment. Somewhere that the wind will not get to it. Good luck! __________________ A Bonsai student living with his trees at N 44.37 W 77.49... Think before you act... then think again... no good comes from rushing