Multi-stemmed Having more than one stem or trunk.
Mummy A dried, shriveled fruit.
This handsome evergreen tree can grow to 12m high or be clipped to form multi-stemmed shrub for small gardens, hedge, wind break for sensitive fruit crops or trained as an espalier to cover a garden fence.
Dwarf Korean lilac is a dense, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub extremely popular with urban gardeners for its resistance to pollution and slight disturbances such as wind.
Juneberry, Saskatoon Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) is a large, multi-stemmed shrub that can also be trained into a small tree.
The Crown of Thorns plant is a woody, multi-stemmed, succulent shrub that originated in Madagascar.
Dark green, tear shaped leaves appear randomly on each thorn covered branch.
Another Northwest favorite, Sorbus scopulina, or dwarf mountain ash, is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree 3 to 10 feet tall.
ATTRIBUTES: Peeling bark, multi-stemmed trunk; for screens, specimens
SEASON OF INTEREST: Year-round
FAVORITES: Lacebark pine is sold by species name
QUIRKS: Grows very slowly ...
Grown primarily for its foliage, this multi-stemmed dogwood is native to Siberia, Manchuria and northern Korea. The leaves of 'Aurea' are suffused with soft yellow. Fall color is birch yellow. In winter the stems become blood-red.
Many are single-trunk "trees", others, multi-stemmed "shrub" forms. You'll even find novelty versions where stems of several individual plants have been braided together.
Gambel oak is native to Colorado and is adapted to most soil conditions in our state. Unlike the ones previously mentioned, its typical form is a multi-stemmed shrub but can become tree-like with additional water.
The most popular American selection for cutting is 'Winter Red'. The bright red berries are of medium size and produced in abundance. It is a multi-stemmed; erect plant maturing at 8 to 9 feet in height.
Purpleleaf Sand Cherry Prunus x cistena-The purple foliage makes this tree an excellent and valuable accent plant. Grow it as a multi-stemmed shrub or a small tree. It is container-hardy to Zone 4.
A short walk in my neighborhood takes me past numerous examples of curbside gardening faux pas, including thigh-high timbered planting beds; a gigantic boulder; mosaics set in an expanse of concrete; multi-stemmed shrubs reaching six feet or more; ...
 See also: Flower, Foliage, Shrub, Soil, Spring
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