Hornbeam progress

Here are the plants in November of 2007 where I kept them over winter before being planted outside in Spring of 2008.

Here was the hedge in May of 2009 after one full year of growth.

Here's my hornbeam hedge today at the end of their 3rd season. Most of the plants have branches higher than I can reach! The lowest phone wire you can see is about 7' high. Next spring I'll shear them to have flat sides and train the branches into an arch over the opening where the path goes through.