OK Al, I managed to find this single photo of an old Forsythia so I scanned it. Sorry about quality.
I hesitated to post it since it was the ONLY pic I had, no later pics.
I collected this tree about ten years ago. I have a Chinese landscaper friend who calls me when he is going to pull stuff out that he thinks I might want. Sometimes it works out. Plus, he doesn't have to dig them out!
This was in a guys yard. There were two, each about
30 yrs old! according to the homeowner.
They were both pretty big single trunks. I dug them both and both were full of termite damage. Naturally the biggest , neatest ,hollow one died immediately!
This one did pretty well and this pic was about a year after collecting and I managed to get it into a pot and get some refinement done on the rooted wood with my handy Makita
I sold the tree a few years after this and might have given other pictures of it away with the tree. At any rate, this was all I could find.
One of the probs I found with larger collected ones are, you really need to start all over with a stump because it is impossible to wire larger branches, plus, you need to keep the ends of cut larger stubs sealed so they don't let water down inside the holes to rot them.
Regards,
Dale