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Very young Silver birch

Ruby12Ruby12 Posts: 2,193
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My silver birch is about ten feet high and about three inches in diameter. Would I be damaging it if I grew a clemmie up it ?
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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It won't help. The extra foliage will catch the wind and be heavier when wet. It might also cover the birch leaves if it grows vigourously. The birch should be fairly established at that height but is it worth the risk?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    What about putting up some sort of frame that comes in two parts around your tree?  

    Like this one..

    Utah, USA.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I don't understand why one would want to hide the beautiful silver bark on the trunk of a young silver birch, let alone detract from the elegant form of its branches. 

    I would grow a clematis up an obelisk elsewhere and enjoy the silver birch's beautiful simplicity. 

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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