Witch-hazel can be grown as a shrub or a small tree and offers some yellow ... And luck of all luck, they have nice, clean leaves in the summer and great fall color. Can’t beat that in a multi-season ...

Trim a 12- to 16-inch mature section of the flowering almond, but don't trim the connecting shoot. from the plant. Trim the bark from 1 inch of it, and tear off leaves from the bottom portion.