Dogwood – Sprouting Stump

Q: We had a dogwood tree cut down. Now the edge of the stump is sending up new shoots. Will these shoots produce a healthy trunk?

A: Plant a new tree. The sprouts that emerge are weakly attached to the trunk and will split off from it once they reach six feet tall.

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