craterr wrote:
Re the Cornelian Cherry (Cornus mas) I have grown C mas for many years and
have four trees in my yard. I do not feel that they are a single trunk
tree. All nurserymen that I have talked to say that it is a multi trunked
tree. I know some people that have tried to keep it pruned to one trunk and
it is a constant pruning job. Also as you prune out of season you have
wounds that can get infected. My point is not that you can't keep it pruned
to a single stem but it is more beautiful in most cases when you let it bush
out and has more flowers in early spring.
I call it my ChristMAS dogwood because of the C. mas and it blooms here
in late January or early Feb. It is a beautiful tree to be covered in
yellow blooms that time of the year when other things are not blooming.
Good luck in trying to make it a single trunk
Neb



Can you keep it a multi-trunk tree without constant pruning, or is it
always trying to revert to a giant shrub? (like an old-fashioned lilac)
All the pix I've seen have been a ball-shape that branches all the way
to the ground. I don't want to try to force it into an unnatural form.

I'm not going to remove any of the new twigs coming off the trunk this
fall (don't want to remove any leaves), but I may pinch the growing tips
out to divert energy to the upper growth. I will thin the lower growth
this winter, or maybe remove all of it.

Bob