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Pruning Advice

So I bought several of these Japanese Hollies, thinking I could create some interesting shapes for the garden.  All ten of them, however, have arrived with 'double' trunks.  Simple question: Can I just cut one of these off and expect the plant to survive and flourish through the remaining trunk (i.e. become a normal tree)?  Or will it try to send up suckers, become infected, fail to thrive, etc?

Thanks in advance.

Ss

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  • Good link - thanks WB. I'm going to try snipping the smaller trunk from three of the ten plants and see what happens.  If it works I'll repeat on the others in the spring.

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