Nursery find - ID please

[heeclee]

Went to a commercial garden center pick up some indoor house plants, and found this tree in a neglected state (some branches are broken, leaves crushed) at cheap price.
It only had price and no other descriptions and cashiers didn't know what species this was.
Could this be a hornbeam? Some type of elm? Hope I can keep this alive until next year to repot to better soil.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Great find! Definitely looks like a hornbeam to me. Where are you located?

 

[cbroad]

Damn, very cool! How much?

Looks like Korean Hornbeam to me.

 

[heeclee]

Great find! Definitely looks like a hornbeam to me. Where are you located?

In Maryland just north of Wash DC. Maybe the tree was damaged during recent severe storms.

 

[M. Frary]

Great find! Definitely looks like a hornbeam to me. Where are you located?

Me too.
Not sure of the model though.

 

[atlarsenal]

Freakin awesome!!!

 

[Vance Wood]

The shape of the leaves say Korean Hornbeam.

 

[lordy]

I'd say K. Hornbeam too. What nursery? I probably live near you and might know the place.

 

[queenofsheba52]

Great tree! I love it when we stumble upon something special.

 

[heeclee]

I'd say K. Hornbeam too. What nursery? I probably live near you and might know the place.

Got it from Behnke at Beltsville.

 

[W3rk]

Got it from Behnke at Beltsville.

Son of a gun! Nice find, I never saw that. I've been to Behnke's 2x in the last month getting perennials and annuals with my gf for some landscaping.

 

[augustine]

I say Japanese Hornbeam, leaves too big for Korean

 

[lordy]

Got it from Behnke at Beltsville.

I suspect it came from Ducky Hong who has many trees for sale there. In any event, a nice find. Enjoy!

 

[W3rk]

I suspect it came from Ducky Hong who has many trees for sale there. In any event, a nice find. Enjoy!

That's right, I forgot that in addition to the bonsai on sale there, that there's a section or cart which usually has starter stock, which as I recall is mostly just trunks in pots.

 

[GGB]

damn, that's nicer than any of the stuff I've been training haha

 

[lordy]

Have'nt been there in a while, but Ducky Hong has an outbuilding or large shed from which he sells prebonsai. On the left of the left-side driveway and across from the side entrance to the greenhouses.