Ah, ha! Thank you so much, Hetty. It does indeed have hooked ends on most of the mature leaves. At 5 years old, I guess you could call it compact, too. It's about 6ft. tall and wide. A very nice size.
Here's a mystery though - the first two years I had it, it kept its leaves through the winter incl. the two very cold winters. But the last two, it dropped all leaves. (even though the weather was mild) Do you happen to know if this is supposed to be a deciduous variety? Or did the rusty fungus just get to the leaves? Btw, is there a prevention for that rusty fungus?
