silver birch in small lawn?
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Jane Doe Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:07 am Post subject: silver birch in small lawn? |
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A horticulurist on radio said a silver birch would be ok for a small lawn but on the trees section here it says they should be 10 meters from any building
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Greengage Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:37 am Post subject: |
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doctors differ and Patients die,
Do not plant a silver birch on a small lawn,
1. it is surface rooting
2. It absorbs huge amounts of water from the surrounding area.
3. Its rooots will grow under boundary walls.
4. It continually drops small branches
5. Does not respond well to pruning.
6. Lives for about 80 yrs then falls apart. I would not plant one.
Try malus, Morus nigra, Amelanchier, Sorbus, cherry, or Laburnum. |
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Jane Doe Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:53 am Post subject: |
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Greengage wrote: | doctors differ and Patients die,
Do not plant a silver birch on a small lawn,
1. it is surface rooting
2. It absorbs huge amounts of water from the surrounding area.
3. Its rooots will grow under boundary walls.
4. It continually drops small branches
5. Does not respond well to pruning.
6. Lives for about 80 yrs then falls apart. I would not plant one.
Try malus, Morus nigra, Amelanchier, Sorbus, cherry, or Laburnum. | re 2 the lawn is very wet little drainage would it help that? |
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tippben Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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I'd disagree with Greengage. Birches can be managed as a pollard or coppice, they can take pruning. If you really want a birch, try Betula pendula "Youngii", the little weeping birch. Buy a top grafted plant. |
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Jane Doe Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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tippben wrote: | I'd disagree with Greengage. Birches can be managed as a pollard or coppice, they can take pruning. If you really want a birch, try Betula pendula "Youngii", the little weeping birch. Buy a top grafted plant. | Do you disagree with Greengage 6 points about the Betula pendula
You could not under plant with Betula pendula "Youngii" like with Betula pendula? |
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AtomicOrbital Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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A friend in Germany has a nice Betula Pendula arched around a nice arch frame a few (7) feet away from the front door. They keep it quite pruned. Looks nice. Can't say any more than that. |
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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Could you plant a slver birch in a big pot? |
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AtomicOrbital Rank attained: Hazel Tree

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Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say yes. But you may have to move it on in a few years unless you keep it pruned quite hard. As an alternative, if you're not set on silver birch, Acer Palmatum is a much better front door tree-in-a-pot. The bark is lovely and the leaves are quite impressive. |
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