………………I have watched this tree grow from a little sapling…..not three inches high! This year it is growing by leaps and bounds. At the beginning of spring, when the leaves were first starting to show, the height of the tree was well below the fence! Now it’s about four to five inches above the fence!….The “trunk” is still thin and fragile, but as it grows it will thicken and become stronger… I recently pruned off the bottom branches so it will continue to grow taller……Eventually, it will be tall enough where there won’t be any branches below the top of the fence. My little baby loves it here, and I’m like a proud papa!