There are a ocuple of young himalayan birches in our neighbours garden. They are only young but they are enormous. Must be nearly the height of our house but very slim. I could not imagine pruning to try and keep the shape but on a smaller scale. you would lose alot of the elegance of the tree.
I would agree with obelixx. Are there any other birches that would be suitable but still keep that white bark?
We alway drool over the specimen japanese acers at the garden centres.
I have a Ginkgo it's nearly 20 years old and it's not much bigger than when we bought it,but the leaves do turn a lovely shade of yellow in the autumn .
it was in the ground for a few years then because it hadn't grown much we put it in a large pot and moved it to a different place in the garden but that didn't really help . It is just one main stem and a small branch of that so any tips on getting it to grow a bit more .
I intend to keep the ginkgo in a large pot (probably 100 L). I do adore those leaves when they turn yellow.Rainbowfish says:
There are a ocuple of young himalayan birches in our neighbours garden. They are only young but they are enormous. Must be nearly the height of our house but very slim. I could not imagine pruning to try and keep the shape but on a smaller scale. you would lose alot of the elegance of the tree.
I would agree with obelixx. Are there any other birches that would be suitable but still keep that white bark?
We alway drool over the specimen japanese acers at the garden centres.
I am not aware of any dwarf varieties with white bark existing but I could be wrong. I assume if I bought a tree which is around 2-3m tall and cut the tip of it that would encourgae side branches to grow and that would create a nice oval slender crown. A bit like those olive trees that you see at nurseries where they have cut the trunk to a height of around 1.5-2m and a load of side branches have sprouted.
I think they have planted Himilayan Birch where we live. Their bark is beautifully white but they are not the tall slender shape of birch but more conical. We planted some at the back of our garden based on this!
They have 10-12 foot to grow before they even reach the top of our neighbours fence so hopefully it will work. If it doesn't, gardening is also about learning.
Ours were about £40 from a garden centre and were about 3 metres. Greywoods Ghost and Silver Queen.
I think both these trees are great focal point choices. The multi stemmed white birch are pricey and an investment. Mine was about 5ft and i think £60 ish but already white so you may be fine starting off smaller.
By the way, does anyone happen to know an online nursery that sells decent size Ginkgo Biloba "Chi Chi" variety? By decent size i mean at least 6 feet tall. Or even a nursery in the Cheshire area where i can go an pick up.
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There are a ocuple of young himalayan birches in our neighbours garden. They are only young but they are enormous. Must be nearly the height of our house but very slim. I could not imagine pruning to try and keep the shape but on a smaller scale. you would lose alot of the elegance of the tree.
I would agree with obelixx. Are there any other birches that would be suitable but still keep that white bark?
We alway drool over the specimen japanese acers at the garden centres.
There are a ocuple of young himalayan birches in our neighbours garden. They are only young but they are enormous. Must be nearly the height of our house but very slim. I could not imagine pruning to try and keep the shape but on a smaller scale. you would lose alot of the elegance of the tree.
I would agree with obelixx. Are there any other birches that would be suitable but still keep that white bark?
We alway drool over the specimen japanese acers at the garden centres.
See original postI am not aware of any dwarf varieties with white bark existing but I could be wrong. I assume if I bought a tree which is around 2-3m tall and cut the tip of it that would encourgae side branches to grow and that would create a nice oval slender crown. A bit like those olive trees that you see at nurseries where they have cut the trunk to a height of around 1.5-2m and a load of side branches have sprouted.
I think they have planted Himilayan Birch where we live. Their bark is beautifully white but they are not the tall slender shape of birch but more conical. We planted some at the back of our garden based on this!
They have 10-12 foot to grow before they even reach the top of our neighbours fence so hopefully it will work. If it doesn't, gardening is also about learning.
Ours were about £40 from a garden centre and were about 3 metres. Greywoods Ghost and Silver Queen.
I think both these trees are great focal point choices. The multi stemmed white birch are pricey and an investment. Mine was about 5ft and i think £60 ish but already white so you may be fine starting off smaller.
By the way, does anyone happen to know an online nursery that sells decent size Ginkgo Biloba "Chi Chi" variety? By decent size i mean at least 6 feet tall. Or even a nursery in the Cheshire area where i can go an pick up.