Korean hornbeam Carpinus turczaninovii f. coreana

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Botanical Name:

Carpinus turczaninovii f. coreana

Family:

Betulaceae

Genus:

Carpinus

Species:

turczaninovii

Subspecies:

f. coreana

Common Name:

Korean hornbeam

Seeds Per Pound:
18,100
Quantity:
0.36 lb
Average Viable Seeds/Packet:
19
Germination:
98%
Germination Test Type:
cut
Purity:
99%
Height:
15-20ft / 5-6m
Collection Locale:
USA
Crop Year:
2022
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
5
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern
Harvest season:
Fall
In Stock: 0.36 lb
Prices
  • Carpinus turczaninovii f. coreana

Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 19 seeds)
$7.95
10 gram (~ 399 seeds)
$50.00
1 oz (~ 1131 seeds)
$99.95
4 oz (~ 4525 seeds)
$299.85
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: warm stratify for 60 days, cold stratify for 90 days.
Germination: sow seed 1/8" deep , tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.
Other: Sporadic germination may occur over a 2-3 year period.
In a Nutshell:
* This Hornbeam is one of the best for use as bonsai. The leaves are naturally much smaller than most of the other species. more...

Some say this Carpinus turczaninovii f. coreana is just a synonym of Carpinus turczaninovii. Others say they are completely seperate. With our current knowledge it is impossible for us to indicate which opinion is correct. It is probably best to grow both and see the difference for yourself.

Trees 10-15 m tall; bark dark gray. Branchlets gray-brown, slender, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Petiole 4-10 mm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade ovate, broadly ovate, ovate-elliptic, or ovate-rhombic, rarely ovate-lanceolate, 2-6 × 1.3-4 cm, abaxially sparsely villous along veins, bearded in axils of lateral veins, adaxially glabrous or sparsely villous along midvein, base subrounded or broadly cuneate, rarely subcordate or cuneate, margin regularly or irregularly doubly serrate, rarely simply serrate, apex acute or acuminate; lateral veins 8-12 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescence 3-6 cm; bracts semiovate, semioblong, or broadly semiovate, 6-20 × 4-10 mm, sparsely pubescent, outer margin irregularly incised-dentate, sometimes lobulate, without basal lobe, inner margin entire or remotely minutely dentate, with ovate, inflexed basal lobe 2-3 mm, apex acute, acuminate, or obtuse; veins 5, reticulate veins prominent. Nutlet broadly ovoid, ca. 3 × 2 mm, glabrous except sparsely villous at apex, resinous glandular, prominently ribbed. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Jul-Sep.
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