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What has happened to my silver birch?
Collareddove
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I've attached a photo of a youngish (four year old) silver birch which started to grow well, then something must have happened to it and it now appears to have re-started from the original - (it looks as though it's grafted, but it is not).
The second photo shows its sibling which has grown normally.
there was a third tree which sickened and died last year. We wondered about honey fungus, but no evidence of bootlace, also maybe ants? There was an ants nest around the roots, but I was assured ants couldn't kill a young tree.
The second photo shows its sibling which has grown normally.there was a third tree which sickened and died last year. We wondered about honey fungus, but no evidence of bootlace, also maybe ants? There was an ants nest around the roots, but I was assured ants couldn't kill a young tree.
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Other than it being grafted I can't understand what's happening there, but this will bump your post up and maybe someone will know.
Have you contacted the seller about it at all?
Sorry you lost the third tree.
Hi Lesley,
I understand that most nurseries would grow grafted Himalayan birch rather than from seed to ensure they get the tree they want. I don’t recall seeing one that looked like our native at the base (which yours does) but I can’t see any reason for concern unless the native base started to sprout, in which case I would remove all shoots from that area.
Hope that this is helpful
Sarah
I knew fruit trees are usually grafted, didn't know about other trees though?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.