How to produce a multistem tree

kpprel

Hello. Have been reading the forum for a long time but this is my first post. I have a little Amelanchier tree now 2.5 ft tall. I bought it for £3.50 as a bare root in February and it is in the ground and doing well. Is it possible to grow it as a multistem tree by some judicious pruning? Thanks

Hostafan1

Cut it back by about 12 " and it should throw out new shoots

Fairygirl

Yes - is the simple answer 
They're technically shrubs anyway, and react well to pruning as a multi stemmed shrub.
I prefer them as a tree. 

kpprel

Thank you! I will do that! It's in my little front garden so would like to keep it shorter than a tree. I will purchase another for the back garden and let that grow as a tree. I may even splash out and buy a larger specimen. I may spend as much as 10 English pounds!!

Fairygirl

They don't get terribly big anyway [if grown as a normal tree] and have a light canopy, so they're ideal for small gardens  

Latimer

Hostafan1 said:

Cut it back by about 12 " and it should throw out new shoots

Sorry to jump in but I have a question about this. Would this mean the multistem part of the tree would begin, in this case, a foot and a half above the ground? If that is the case, could it be cut back to almost ground level to encourage the multiple stems to look like they are coming from ground level? 

I hope that made sense!