CodeMonkeys korean hornbeam

[CodeMonkey]

New to me this year.

I've got a couple of European hornbeam but this is my first koerean. (turkzaninowii I think).

I love the slender habit of korean hornbeams. It makes for some lovely elegant trees.
Looking at mine now the leaves have fallen, I like the trunk line, but there's a definite reverse taper issue up top going on.
I'm also aware they like to drop low branches.

Do i treat this like a European hornbeam? If so I'd potentially be looking at removing that inverse taper in spring.
Although, it could be hidden, so I could probably attempt to balance the growth down low first instead.

Any thoughts?

 

[Potawatomi13]

Any thoughts?

Indeed! Too few branches down low/too many up high.

 

[berzerkules]

I have no idea what I'm talking about but I think it could make a cool raft, I never see rafts.

I see layering it around that bottom branch then laying it down to root that knuckle on the top. It would create an arch between the two main root masses with that middle straight branch tilted slightly to the right. You could have an almost normal looking tree in the middle surrounded by some controlled chaos.

I don't even know how possible that would be but it would be a unique tree if you could pull it off.

Or maybe I'm just tired, laying down on my side and I saw that first pic from that angle because my phone isn't set to auto rotate.

Either way, I like that tree, it has potential, wish hornbeams grew here.