Q.Cutting Stray Branches Coming Off The Trunk
I have a dwarf flowering crabapple that is flowering very nicely except for some stray branches coming off the trunk. They are very high and ruining the look of the tree. Can I safely cut off the branches that are coming off the trunk but not flowering.

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If they are high on the tree they are waterspouts. Suckers that come from the base of the tree or the roots are from grafted trees.
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