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Hornbeam will not produce much ramification if shoots are cut back while they are still green. Allowing them to lignify and mature THEN cutting them back can produce alot of backbudding. You have to be patient, as this can take eight weeks of growing time or more.

My bigger KH woke up in mid-March. I have not pruned it back yet. It's branches are "weeping" from all the long shoots and over growth. I may not prune it back at all this season, as it need some reinvigoration--I've had it in a bonsai container for over a dozen years now. KH, I've heard, can start to tire a bit after extensive container culture.They aren't the strongest trees at their roots.

24-May-2006	#8
rockm bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Oct-2003 Location: Fairfax, Va Country: USA USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 4,561	Hornbeam will not produce much ramification if shoots are cut back while they are still green. Allowing them to lignify and mature THEN cutting them back can produce alot of backbudding. You have to be patient, as this can take eight weeks of growing time or more. My bigger KH woke up in mid-March. I have not pruned it back yet. It's branches are "weeping" from all the long shoots and over growth. I may not prune it back at all this season, as it need some reinvigoration--I've had it in a bonsai container for over a dozen years now. KH, I've heard, can start to tire a bit after extensive container culture.They aren't the strongest trees at their roots.