cuttings that I am willing to trade for any of the following a weeping cherry tree Wisteria (white) Fast Growing Honeysuckle Bush- not the vine cardinal autumn olive fruit trees grape vines nut trees or mint plants

The mounding up you are hoping for might take many years. You must take a firm stake and insert it near the base of the tree, checking first to see if you can find a place where it can be driven through mostly unoccupied soil (pull some back with your hands if you have to to find out) - you don't want to hit a larger root with it and push it down, bark it or break it off. Select a suitably flexible branch near the center of the tree and tie it securely to the stake at several points, so that it is parallel to the stake. You must assume the plant will grow sideways again from the point where the stake ends and therefore use a stake tall enough to elevate the crown as high as desired - after the stake has been driven into the ground. So, if you want the tree to have a top that branches mostly at 6' tall, you need a stake that is more than 6' long.

Looking for a nice blooming dwarf tree, Smaller Japenese variety would be nice along with Cherry etc. Also Grape vines!! Let me know what you have. For trade I have the larger hardy Japenese tree and also a summer bloom pink Mamosa tree amongst other smaller things. Looking for about a 60 mile max vicinity Danbury CT thanks Al

Ha ha, looks great! I should have done that to the weeping atlas I lost this year. Mine was trained in the same arching zig zag shape and would have been perfect for some needed clematis in the garden. Never thought to make it into a trellis. Nice idea turning a loss into a positive. I replaced mine with a Ginkgo biloba 'Ross Moore', a stong weeping form. I just lost my large Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon'. Maybe I should grow a trumpet vine or some wisteria up it lol.