The trend here in South Africa seems to be "lollipop" trees from the normal
nurseries.
The tree is stripped of the bottom 2 thirds of branches and foliage,so that you
are only left with a long trunk with a little foliage at the top. BRBR

Here too. Only usable if it is a species which can be severely pruned & will
bud back on the trunk.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)