5yr Native Tree Challenge - Wood's Carpinus caroliniana

[Wood]

My entry is this American Hornbeam. Bought it at Meehan's Miniatures, October 16th. Planning on a broom or informal upright, but we'll see what the tree is planning. Doing absolutely nothing with it until an early spring repot and trunk chop

 

[HorseloverFat]

That appears to be pretty neat texture on the base-bark!

Nice!

Can I see it closer?

 

[Wood]

It seems like it's almost got some vertical veining going on. Definitely a lot of good potential for strong nebari

 

[stu929]

My entry is this American Hornbeam. Bought it at Meehan's Miniatures, October 16th. Planning on a broom or informal upright, but we'll see what the tree is planning. Doing absolutely nothing with it until an early spring repot and trunk chop

I was just at Meehans. Love all the variety. If you don't mind can you take a close up of the buds and trunk? I have a mystery tree Im trying to identify, I believe its an American Hornbeam. Looks similar to yours but I wanted to look closer just to see. I believe I'm going to use that a my entry in the Native plant/pot as well. Im sure it will get chopped at some point but I may also try to air layer it as well.

Thanks in advance!