Purple leafed cherry tree now sprouting green leaves

[Steph-B]

Hi, I have two minor problems with a purple leafed cherry tree I planted 2 years ago and would be grateful for any advice.

 

See attached photos:

 

Photo 1 - you can see two new shoots emerging from the trunk of the tree, both with green leaves. Is this normal? Would it be ok just to saw these off?

 

Photo 2 - one of the branches is growing across another one. Again, could I just cut this off? The tree’s branches all still seem very clamped together despite being there two years now...

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Steph

[richardwale]

Just cut both. The green suckers are the tree reverting to the original root stock ( reversion) so just remove whenever they emerge. 

[htb]

Is the tree grafted, could be the rootstock, seems high for a graft though. Yes cut off the green as it will dominate as stronger growth due to better photsynthesis.

2nd question:- yes you should remove crossing branches. Rules of pruning, remove in order of importance, dead, dying, diseased, crossing and then prune for asthetics.

[Steph-B]

Many thanks both of you ?