"In 1978, when I moved to this property, it already had six trees, each approximately 40 to 50 feet tall," writes columnist ...

Crepe myrtles, Lagerstroemia indica, vary in size from dwarf shrubs to multi-trunked and single-trunk trees growing to 30 feet tall. Most varieties produce beautiful blooms starting in spring or ...

Prune and thin the canopy to prevent the formation of weak, multi-trunk trees. Pests: One common insect on the tree causes hackberry nipple gall. A pouch or gall forms on the lower leaf surface ...

Silverbells are at their best in April and early May when they produce bell-shaped white flowers. Four-winged, nutlike fruits ...

flowering dogwood is a small understory tree that can have singular or multiple trunks. The native range of flowering dogwood varies immensely, extending from Texas across the Eastern United States ...

But the tree form can be more sensitive to winter cold damage, so a bush form with multiple trunks is better for north Louisiana, he said. To grow figs as bushes, cut young trees back to about ...