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Posted by bloomingamaryllis 5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 24, 09 at 1:02
| Has anyone grown the white paper birch in place of the Aspen in Denver? If so, what conditions did you plant it in and how has it "faired"? Thanks! |
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RE: White Paper Birch
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| I'm an urban forester and I'd caution against it. You need probably >750 sf of turf to deliver enough water, and part shade, else you'll likely stress them. Dan |
RE: White Paper Birch
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| I've not tired it but I think it is interesting that there are some in Boulder! From Wikipedia:
Betula papyrifera has a wide range. It is found in interior (var. humilus) and southcentral (var. kenaica) Alaska and in all provinces and territories of Canada, except Nunavut, as well as the northern continental United States, south to Pennsylvania and Washington, with small isolated populations further south in mountains to North Carolina and Colorado. The most southerly stand in the Western United States is located in Lost Gulch in the City of Boulder Mountain Parks, an isolated Pleistocene relict that most likely reflects the southern reach of boreal vegetation into the area during the last Ice Ages.[1] |
RE: White Paper Birch
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| When Front Range communities finally price their water properly, irrigation water in residential yards will be cut back and trees such as paper birch and other high-water trees will start to die. Dan |
RE: White Paper Birch
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| The weeping birch, Betula pendula, is fairly widespread around here, and while it certainly does better in places where it gets irrigated, it seems to do fairly well in places it doesn't, at least once it gets established. I like the tree, and it seems to have a lot less problems than the aspen. |
RE: White Paper Birch
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| I like the tree too and agree it has fewer problems than the aspen. We have many examples around here in the foreclosures where these plants don't appreciate the irrigation not running. I'm not sure I know any arborists who recommend these trees when not in irrigated turf. I'll ask the BH to ask around... Dan |
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