I picked up a japanese hornbeam at the philadelphia flower show a little
while ago. it had four branches and a very long leader.. all full of buds.
i trimmed back the lower branches to a few pairs of buds and left the
leader alone. It is now pushing lots of new growth... but few of the buds
on the leader have opened. hornbeams... like most deciduous are apically
dominant right? all the strong growth on this one appears lateral and low.

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