Plant database

Hornbeam

Water below

34%

Healthy band 40% to 75%

Needs wateringJust watered

Water while establishing, then only in drought. Hornbeam is hardy and copes with a wide range of soils.

Once established this plant rarely needs watering. Alerts are worth acting on mainly in a long dry spell or in its first year.

A tough deciduous hedge like beech but happier on heavy or damp soils.