Planted behind the Birch garden, at the end of the strip of daylilies in spring 2013 from the Northwest Conservation District sale.A pretty tree, with smooth gray bark that is sinewy and muscular looking. It's called American hornbeam. The wood is very hard.
This tree will stay small, up to about 20 feet tall, with a globular shape. Right now as a small sapling it is shaggy looking.
A surprise was the fall color, a clear, bright red. Needs no care.
