The silvery-gray trunk is characteristic of the hornbeam. Their wood is considered to be particularly hard and therefore very robust and resistant. The hornbeam is a very pruning-compatible plant that grows densely branched and retains a large part of its foliage throughout the winter, so that it offers good privacy protection even during the cold season, whereby the foliage first turns yellow and then brown in autumn. Optimal and healthy growth also requires the appropriate care for this plant, which includes above all the correct fertilization and cutting.