Beginner Gardening: Getting Established, 1 by omchodoy

omchodoy wrote:
Great answers! Thanks! The mesquite tree does have quite a few new branches near the bottom already. I planted it ... about 2 months ago. So the dumb question of the day is this: Will the tree grow upwards from the bottom so that these branches wind up high? Or will it only grow from the top meaning these very low branches will always be near the ground? I really should take a gardening and tree care class....(Hopefully you'll see the new branches better if you enlarge the photo)