KateM's Little American Hornbeam.

[KateM]

Collected in our backwoods in spring of 2024. Grew well, but I could not decide what to do with it. It has a nice curvy trunk and a slingshot branch. Finally decided to do something about it. Slingshot branch is cut pretty long to see if it backbuds.
Thread to document its progress.

 

[KateM]

Correction - collected in spring of 2023. Note to myself...

 

[Eckhoffw]

Looks like it’s heading in good direction. Looking forward to future updates!