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Water is important for trees. The goal is always for them to manage their own water supply. That’s when they are strongest and most resilient. Watering is therefore especially important during the first year after planting. Later on, watering may be necessary only during exceptional weather conditions. In this article, I aim to explain the concept of watering. This is a general approach, and specific situations — such as weather conditions or tree species — may present exceptions.

Very exceptionally, hornbeams may drop some of their leaves. This is a combination of exceptional conditions and the tree not yet being adequately anchored underground. Hornbeam is a beautiful native tree that can be applied for multiple purposes. It is also one of our strongest native trees that we can integrate close to our habitat. In this article, we talk more about the tree's quirks and give explanations as to why it can sometimes shed leaves. This article is about the hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) and not the beech hedge (Fagus sylvatica)

Trees are still planted too deep. For example, to accommodate height differences but also sometimes out of ignorance. When it comes to planting trees remember this: Better 10 centimetres too high than 2 cm too deep.  Planting too deep is the most common cause of tree mortality after planting. Sometimes trees do not die but there is inhibited growth at best and delayed dying at worst.  It happens that the planting depth or plant height is not respected to match a hedge or wall. In the case of umbrella trees to match the window height.  Espaliers and its collaborating companies have the widest choice in trunk heights and sizes, planting too deep for these reasons cannot be an excuse.  We prefer to take a project-based approach to avoid this. It also happens that planting is done correctly but a thick layer of soil cover (e.g. bark) is applied afterwards. In that case, make sure that in the nearby zone of 10 cm around the trunk the layer is very thin (max 1 cm)

Espaliers' trees as mood creators in front of Ed Sheeran's stage! 'Being able to be who you are'! As the theme is in line with our corporate vision, we were happy to take part in this concept. A unique showcase of Ed Sheeran among our trees on set at VRT, our team was already enthusiastic :)