Smoke Tree

Question

One of our smoke trees has considerable growth at the base. We do cut them out but are wondering if there is a way to stop this growth. These are similar to suckers and are right at the base of the tree. Our tree is about 3 years old.

Answer 1

Pruning of your Smoke Tree can be done as a bush shape or you an prune it to have a more tree like appearance.
Here is a link that will help you.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/smoke-tree/pruning-smoke-trees.htm