hello, I’m hoping you can point me in the right direction. I’d like a betula utilis jacquemontii birch. Do you have any recommended websites for a 3m standard?
We have two, both bought from local garden centres. It was nice to take a look at them, choose ones we liked the look of, and paid a small sum to have them delivered. No surprises.
@Aaron 583, I would encourage you to try a younger tree. The fact is that when you buy a more mature specimen, it can cost double or more. The plant looks lovely at the top, but its roots are only the size of the pot it’s in. This means it will struggle more and grow less. While a young tree such as a feathered whip starts out laughably small, it will quickly overtake a specimen that you bought for more money, larger, because it gets to works growing its roots underground. Thus also means less watering in subsequent years. For example, I have a crab apple in my front garden that was bought as a whip in 2017. Today its trunk is 7cm in diameter. The mature trees are mostly a way for garden centres to make more money!
Besides Pippin Trees I can also recommend Mail Order Trees online, that’s where I bought mine.
Another vote for Mail Order Trees online. I've bought 5 trees from them recently .... all are lovely shapes and are now coming away nicely. They guarantee their trees for 2 years ... which I hope I don't need to know about
Bee x
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I'm not sure they're often grown as standards though, but I'm sure they could advise if you contacted them
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I've bought 5 trees from them recently .... all are lovely shapes and are now coming away nicely.
They guarantee their trees for 2 years ... which I hope I don't need to know about
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime