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4-Oct-2002
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Frost And The Korean Hornbeam
I have been trying to find out how much frost my Korean Hornbeam will tolerate (if any) from my books but no joy. We can often get -8 degrees although it has been known to go down to -25 but that was just the once!! Does anyone know how low they will go? I know that the European Hornbeam will take -10 degrees but I doubt the KB will be as tough.
I am in East Lothian in Scotland, btw, zone 7-ish, about 40 ft above sea level and in a frost pocket. TIA Janice |
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4-Oct-2002
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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!
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