Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 'Doorenbos' (Himalayan Birch)

A fantastic tree, Betula utilis 'Doorenbos' is a slender, fast growing birch with particularly fine peeling white bark, even on quite young specimens.

It can be grown as a single stemmed tree, but also makes an excellent multi-stemmed specimen if pruned when young.

More info:

http://www.bluebellnursery.com/catalogue/trees/Betula/B/3011

Location: Bluebell Arboretum and Nursery, Derbyshire, UK

Category:

Education

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• Betula
• utilis
• jacquemontii
• Doorenbos
• Himalayan
• Birch
• silver
• bark
• tree
• arboretum
• woodland
• birch
• ornamental
• garden
• plant
• gardening

[Fraxinus79]

Hi. You need to prune out a section of the main leader when the tree is dormant in the winter time.

To create this multi-stem look, we took the top 1/3 (to just above a bud) out of a young 150 cm tall tree when it was first planted. This encouraged it to produce a good number of new shoots from lower down on the stem and grow into the vase-like shape you see in the video.

Since this initial pruning we have not had to do anything else to the tree to get it to grow like this.

[animefangz]

@Fraxinus79 ok i sent the video so can you tell me if it will be a multi stemmed tree or if i have to do more

[animefangz]

@Fraxinus79 ok also the himalayan birch i purchased isnt a single stem ill send you a video i put up of what it looks like and can you tell me if i have to do anything or if its basically going to be multi stemmed

[animefangz]

i have a small Himalayan birch i bought it a year old and this is its second year and i was wondering how to prune it to make it look like that tree does and when i should start