How to grow a dwarf weeping birch. Weeping birch, drooping, warty

Description

Hanging birch ‘Jungi’ differs in small height and very weeping form. small clearstem tree, picturesque, slow-growing, with an umbrella-shaped, weeping crown, up to 5 m high and up to 3-4 m wide, the bark is white, smooth, there are rare black cracks, flexible shoots. Lives up to 120 years, less often up to an older age.

Young trees can be confused with alder, because. their bark is brown, and only from 8-10 years it turns white. In adulthood, it is well distinguished from other trees by its snow-white bark. In older trees, the bark in the lower part of the trunk becomes deeply fissured, black.

The branches are bare, covered with numerous densely crumbly resinous warty glands (hence the names warty birch and weeping birch). Young branches hang down to the very ground, which gives the birch crown a very characteristic look of an umbrella. The crown is branched, but not dense.

The leaves are light green, smaller than those of the species plant, pointed, triangular, serrated along the edge, bloom in early spring, and in autumn acquire an inimitable yellow color. Leaves are rhombic-ovate to triangular-ovate, smooth, sticky when young.

The flowers are yellowish inflorescences - catkins, honey-bearing, flowering occurs before the leaves bloom in April - May.
root system at hanging birch ‘Jungi’ superficial, can lift road surfaces, is sensitive to soil compaction and planting of the near-stem circle, the presence of drainage, develops intensively.

Loves the sun, very winter-hardy, planting is best done in the spring, stable in industrial conditions.
Any soil, from neutral to slightly acidic, sensitive to salinity, develops normally on alkaline soils.
Hanging birch ‘Jungi’ used as a tapeworm, for small gardens and household plots, for decorating the coastline of reservoirs.

Landing and care

Landing features: Hanging birch ‘Jungi’

Planted in open areas or in partial shade. Plants with decorative coloring leaves when planted in the shade lose color.

Root collar at ground level.

If groundwater is close, a drainage layer is poured at the bottom of the planting pit, consisting of crushed stone or sand 10-20 cm.

Soil mix:

Turf land, peat, sand - 2:1:2.

Optimal acidity - pH 6.0 - 7.5

Top dressing:

In early spring before the appearance of leaves and in late spring - early summer, fertilizing with nitrogen-containing fertilizers:

mullein - 1 kg

urea - 10 g

ammonium nitrate - 15-20 g

Top dressing in autumn mineral fertilizers: nitroammophoska 15-20 g.

The drug is diluted in 10 liters of water. One plant needs 10-20 liters of solution.

Watering:

After planting - 20 liters per plant. Birch has a superficial root system, therefore, it requires watering during dry periods at the rate of 10 liters per 1 sq.m of crown projection. Young plants in the dry period require more frequent and abundant watering, because. can intercept moisture from fruit trees, shrubs and garden plants.

Loosening:

Loosening to a depth of no more than 3 cm to control weeds.

Mulching:

Mulching the trunk circle with peat, peat compost, wood chips. The thickness of the mulching layer is 8-12 cm.

Pruning:

Cutting out dying branches spring period.

Pest protection:

birch sapwood

Bucephalus Corydalis

beetle

Chafer

silkworm nun

Shchitovka

Disease protection:

Rust

Winter preparation:

In newly planted young plants, sprinkle trunk circles fallen leaves.

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Weeping birch - the right solution for a small garden

Weeping birch is decorative variety ordinary birch. Its beauty lies not only in the white trunk, but also in the openwork crown, in long thin branches, smoothly hanging down.

Weeping birch: structural features

Previously, this species was called warty birch. This species of birch is native to Asia and Europe. The plant loves light very much, a young weeping birch can even die if it does not have enough of it, while an adult tree becomes ugly. Birch can grow in almost any soil, the tree tolerates drought well.

In young birches, the bark is brownish, and from the age of nine it begins to turn white.

Because of this feature, some young birches can be confused with alder. In old trees, deep black cracks appear in the lower part of the trunk. The color of the branches is brown-red, the branches are covered with small warts, it is because of this that sometimes this kind of birch is called warty. The crown of the tree is branched, but not too dense.

The leaf shape is:

The birch flowers are small, collected in inflorescence earrings at the tips of the branches. The birch blossoms before the leaves open.

Weeping birch variety

Not everyone can afford a sprawling tree, since summer cottages are usually small patches of land. It was for summer residents that agronomists bred a special variety of weeping birch - dwarf weeping birch.

One of these varieties is the Jung variety:

• This tree is very slow growing.
• The branches of this birch descend very beautifully to the ground, and the tree reaches a height of only six meters.
• The plant from this does not become less beautiful, on the contrary, the attractiveness of the variety increases.
• For areas with a small area, such plants will be an ideal option.
• Do not plant a variety next to fruit trees, since Jung will slow down their growth.

Reproduction and planting

Weeping birch reproduces by seeds. Sometimes trees are restored by shoots. Usually this method is applicable to young trees. Wild conditions don't involve seed propagation, as the moss cover interferes with this. In forests, weeping birch can only recover by growth. In just a year, a birch tree can recover from a stump.

Most of the trees grow from the undergrowth, but under favorable conditions, the plant can also reproduce by seeds.

Male flowers appear at the tips of the branches. Flowers produce pollen in spring. The female flowers, similar to earrings, are shorter than the male ones. Fruits appear in the eleventh year of life. They look like very small lentils and have two wings. Seeds appear regularly. Some fall in autumn, and some fall in winter, so that when the snow melts, it ends up in the ground.

Growing with seeds:

• To grow a weeping variety of birch, you first need to collect seeds.
• Need to start collecting late autumn as the earrings begin to turn brown.
• In spring, seeds can be sown in a cool greenhouse.
• You need to store the seeds in a glass container, but remember that only a third of the seeds will sprout.
• Sprinkle the seeds with earth and lightly press.
• Put thin branches or straw in the place of sowing.
• Water only through such a layer until the first shoots appear.
• Remove branches immediately after germination, remove straw carefully, being careful not to damage weak plants.
• Shade the seedlings with a shield.

Tree care and transplant

After the seedlings have grown sufficiently, they must be transplanted to permanent place. It is best to transplant a tree before it reaches 7 years of age, since after this age it takes root worse.

The plant needs to be repotted in March. If the tree has become too large, then it is better to transplant it in winter, when the ground has frozen to the roots. This type birch trees can not even grow on fertile soil. It can be planted in any soil. A wonderful option would be humus loose soil. Roots should not be bare.

During planting and care, a large amount of water is needed.

If you use fertilizers, the planting process will be much faster, and the plant will take root better. Dig a hole in the place where you plan to transplant the birch. Mix the humus with sand and fill the hole with this mixture. Replant the tree and add soil.

Be sure to water the tree for four days after transplanting. An adult weeping birch needs up to 20 liters of water per day on hot days, which is why it is worth growing this tree in fairly humid places.

Weeping birch graft

Marvelous beautiful plants are obtained when branches of another breed are grafted. Decorative weeping birch is no exception. Tree cuttings can be grafted onto the most common tree, eventually getting beautiful copy. Such plants are most often found in park areas.

Experienced gardeners give some advice on how to plant a weeping birch:

• The shape of the crown depends only on the place where the cutting is grafted.
• Most often, grafted plants do not reach the height that ordinary birches have, because of this property they are often used in landscape design on small plots of land.
• Such beautiful breeds as the Jungi birch are born precisely by grafting a certain kind of branches onto an ordinary birch. This is how it is created beautiful effect branches waterfall. This technique will help create wonderful forms of birches in the garden.

If the usual has been growing in the country for a long time White birch, then from a tree you can make a drooping birch. The tree will be very beautiful, and besides, the area used will be reduced. Thanks to this grafting technology, willow cuttings and birch bark can be combined. Sometimes it is possible to create very bizarre crown shapes.

There are methods by which you can graft a willow on a birch:

1. Vaccination-related work. must be performed while the sap is still moving inside the tree.
2. Willow cuttings are at this time in "hibernation".
3. The shoot must be cut, attach a willow cutting to the tree.
4. The junction of the escape and the place of vaccination must be obligated with special material, and with the onset of cold weather - insulated.
5. The branch will take root by July.

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Any summer resident-gardener dreams of adding another unusual one to his garden. original item. Great solution weeping species of plants familiar to everyone, such as apple, spruce, pine and mountain ash, will become. Or traditional types of weeping plants - willow and birch. Peculiar fountains of greenery, free-standing or in an array, can decorate a country garden of any layout and style.

Weeping trees in the garden

Weeping trees will look great in the garden, which will shade a flower garden or flower bed. For the central part country garden a composition of weeping trees of different heights is suitable. Their drooping crowns are able to create real shady alleys. A few of these trees will bring additional comfort to the playground. A fabulous atmosphere on the site can be created by a weeping willow, the branches of which descend directly into the water of a small summer cottage. Separately standing on a flat lawn, small weeping trees give the impression of interesting plant fountains. Instead of the usual lawn, a plot of land near a weeping tree can be filled with shade-loving ground covers or moss, and the boundaries of the plot can be planted with moisture-loving swamp iris, sedge or reeds. Such an illusory reservoir will become a real pride of any gardener.

With the help of weeping trees, you can dilute a large orchard. For these purposes, low varieties of fruit weeping trees are perfect. It can be a weeping peach, a weeping apple tree or a weeping mountain ash. Weeping rowan, a fragile tree with beautiful feathery leaves, even after 10 years will look like a toy. In the spring, weeping mountain ash pleases large quantity beautiful white flowers, in summer, flowers are replaced by bright fruits. In autumn, the leaves of the mountain ash will become saturated yellow color, and clusters of orange berries persist until winter.

Weeping trees, although they have a relatively small size, but on a small suburban area where it is impossible to develop big garden, even such trees will look quite cumbersome. However, there is no need to despair, modern breeders are constantly creating new forms of small sizes.

Weeping tree selection

Like ordinary trees with a normal crown shape, weeping trees have a wide variety of species and varieties. They can be matched to any layout and style. landscape design. Since some trees like to grow in the shade, others in moist soil, some are very beautiful during the flowering period, and some are completely transformed and reach their peak of beauty in the fall.

Weeping willow- a weeping form of a tree created by nature. It is a not very tall tree, no more than 15 meters, with long, very flexible branches. Flowering occurs in very long beautiful earrings. Such a tree is not whimsical to soils, but grows best on loam. Immediately after planting requires abundant watering. It does not tolerate the cold season, so it is advisable to cover the tree for the winter. Weeping willow trees make beautiful alleys, pergolas and hedges.

weeping birch, it is also commonly called warty or drooping, a tall, slender tree that can reach a height of more than 20 meters. The tree tolerates frost well and is characterized by rapid growth. Loves open sunny places, unpretentious to soils.

weeping ash is a low tree. Ash rarely exceeds 8 meters in height. Prefers soils with high calcium content, loves light areas. Weeping ash looks most beneficial in single plantings.

Acacia weeping- a very hardy tree, reaching a height of no more than two 2 meters. Shade-resistant, tolerates both severe droughts and frosts, can grow on any soil. In spring it blooms with beautiful yellow inflorescences, in summer period The foliage of the tree takes on a rich green color.

Increasingly, gardeners are planting various coniferous plants with a weeping crown.

weeping pine. The three most popular types of weeping pine are weymouth, black and yellow. All these types of pines are photophilous, tolerate frosts and droughts well, and can grow on any soil. They are distinguished by a dense falling crown, which will not lose its beauty even in winter period time.

In the mountains, this birch rises to a height of 2100-2500 m above sea level. Introduced throughout the temperate zone.

Options for an alternative name for white birch at the end of the 19th century in different regions Russian Empire according to the Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron
Region	Name variations
Arkhangelsk province	clean
Vologda province	chistuha, chistushka

Undemanding to external environment and can grow in a wide variety of conditions, but does not tolerate extreme heat and proximity ground water(in wetlands it is replaced by a close species - downy birch ( Betula pubescens Erh.). plays important role in the conservation of forests after fires and clearing of coniferous forests. Small winged nuts of the drooping birch are carried by the wind over long distances. She quickly develops the vacant areas, and under her canopy, indigenous tree species are restored.

The most productive birch forests grow on sandy loam and light loam underlain by carbonate soils. The stock of timber in them is 100-200 m³/ha.

Economic importance and application

Tar is obtained by dry distillation from birch bark. Previously, it went mainly to lubricate the wheels of carts and carriages, as well as to impregnate leather shoes.

Birch buds are used in the manufacture of creams and other cosmetics. Essential oil from birch buds is used in alcoholic beverage production.

The leaves, less often the bark, used to be used for dyeing wool and fabrics.

Application in medicine

The buds and leaves are used in folk and scientific medicine, they have a diuretic, choleretic, diaphoretic, blood-purifying, bactericidal, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect. Birch buds are used as medicinal raw materials (lat. Gemmae Betulae) and birch leaf (Folium Betulae). The harvesting of the kidneys is carried out in January - March, before they bloom. Dry outdoors or in well-ventilated areas. Young leaves are harvested in May - June, dried in the shade or in attics. Silver birch buds contain 3-5.3 (8)% essential oil, the main components of which are bicyclic sesquiterpenoids. Resins are also included. Found in leaves essential oil, resinous substances, flavonoids, saponins (up to 3.2%), tannins (5-9%), ascorbic acid (up to 2.8%), essential oil (0.04-0.05%). The bark contains the triterpene alcohol betulin (or betulenol); glycosides - betulozide and gaulterin; tannins (up to 15%), alkaloids, essential oil and suberin. Apply buds and leaves in the form of infusions and in collections. Infusion and decoction of buds and leaves are used as a diuretic, leaves - for hypo- and beriberi. Hot baths using tincture of the kidneys are used in the treatment of acute and chronic eczema. Birch tar is part of Vishnevsky's ointment, used as a wound healing agent, and Wilkinson's ointment, used in the treatment of scabies, scaly lichen and lice. Tablets of activated birch charcoal ("carbolene") are used as an adsorbent for poisoning with poisons and bacterial toxins.

AT traditional medicine birch sap is used as a tonic for furunculosis, tonsillitis, anemia after injuries, long-term non-healing wounds and trophic ulcers.

Use of wood

Dense strong wood of birch drooping bends well, has beautiful drawing, easy to machining, extremely resistant to rotting, best kept submerged in water. It is used in large quantities as a raw material for plywood, in the production of skis, spools of thread, and furniture. Pulp, charcoal, turpentine are obtained from wood. During dry distillation of the bark, tar is formed, which is used in medicine and perfumery. Dry distillation can produce acetic acid and methyl alcohol.

Special processing wood receive activated carbon with a high absorption capacity. It is used to clarify liquids, remove unpleasant smelling substances from them, etc. Previously, it was filtered through birch charcoal. Activated charcoal is poured into boxes of gas masks.

Before the advent of electricity, birch torches were in great use, which illuminated the huts: they do not burn out very quickly and give a bright flame with almost no soot and sparks.

beautiful deciduous trees or shrubs with a transparent, see-through crown and often with thin, hanging branches and light-colored trunks. In addition to the well-known and widespread in the temperate zone of white birches with long catkins and dense ovate-rhombic or triangular-ovate leaves, there are groups of species of a completely different appearance. For example, with rounded ovoid fertile catkins directed upwards (woolly birch, Erman's birch); with ovate or oblong-ovate leaves (ribbed birch, Schmidt birch, cherry birch); with unusually colored bark (Daurian birch, ribbed birch, yellow birch, cherry birch, etc.). Almost all species are photophilous, undemanding to the richness of the soil, but they do not tolerate compaction and trampling. Differ rapid growth, well tolerate the conditions of the city, subject to landing on a lawn strip, very frost-resistant.

Birch warty, or drooping - A tree up to 20 m tall, with an openwork, irregular crown and smooth, white, peeling bark. In mature trees Bottom part The trunk is covered with a powerful blackish crust, with deep cracks, which distinguishes it from most white-trunked birches. The branches are mostly drooping, young shoots are warty. The leaves are rhombic, glabrous, up to 7 cm, resinous, sticky when young. Earrings are drooping. The fruit is an oblong-elliptical, winged nutlet.It grows quickly, frost-resistant, undemanding to the soil, very photophilous, drought-resistant. In culture for a very long time. Seed germination is high. The cuttings take root weakly.

The dynamics of the growth of birch drooping:Living up to 100-120 years, it continues to grow in height up to 50-60 years, in thickness up to 80 years. During this period, the growth rate changes so that in the first 5-6 years, growth in height is moderate, then it increases significantly and, starting from about 10 years, reaches 75-90 cm per year. The final size is about 20 m in height. Keep in mind that also from about 20 years old it begins to bear fruit, and birch is a pioneer breed. This means that it throws a great many seeds at once into the vacated territories (for example, after a forest fire, and in a garden after digging a plot), thereby occupying an area and preventing anyone else from germinating. And only then, in the process of competition, only a few plants remain from these seedlings, which continue to grow in a territory free from other species. This is actually not such a problem, as the seedlings pull out quite easily.

In part, the growth of large birches can be limited. Despite the fact that in the domestic literature the possibility of pruning a birch is often completely excluded, it is still possible. Often birches are cut in the Scandinavian countries. They cut off the top and part of the side branches. As a result, the crown thickens, the size of the plant decreases. However, this can only be done with plants that are in the stage of active growth, that is, these are only young plants (trunk diameter up to 15-20 cm). If you cut an old birch in this way, then you will have a bare trunk on the site. But young people also have some problem with pruning. The crown thickens and looks impressive only in summer, but when the foliage flies around, we see a not very beautiful arrangement of skeletal branches (unnatural). So if this is a dacha, then there is no problem, but if the house is for year-round living- it makes sense to think well.

Many people still remember the birch when talking about roof gardens. Everyone remembers young birch trees growing on the walls of ruined temples and the roofs of old estates. But we must understand that it is precisely because of its pioneering nature, which we have already spoken about above, that the birch sows dilapidated buildings with millions of seeds. Of this million, a very small percentage of seeds penetrate into the cracks, even less into those cracks where moisture enters, some of the remaining ones die, since there is water, but there is no substrate. In the substrate and with water, seedlings begin to develop, but even fewer of them remain after the first winter, when many die from freezing of the root system. And so year after year. Did anyone see on the wall or roof mature tree? If I saw it, then this is the same case in a million, and there is no guarantee that the birch tree you purchased at the garden center, solemnly hoisted onto the roof, will be identical to the one left from the million.

Decorative formswarty birch(hanging) :

Hanging birch "Jungi" Betula pendula "Youngii" - Differs in a tent-shaped, openwork crown with white bark and shoots drooping to the ground. Tree up to 5-9 meters tall, crown diameter up to 4-6 meters. The shape of the crown is tent-like. The main branches are horizontally directed and curved, forming a picturesque, irregular shape crown with very thin twigs drooping to the ground. The bark of the trunk and main branches is white, layered; in old trees at the base of the trunk, it changes to deeply fissured, black, strong. The leaves are triangular or rhombic-ovate, 3-7 cm long, the edges are double-toothed, glabrous on both sides. Autumn color is yellow. The growth rate is average. Winter hardiness is high, in severe winters freezing of annual shoots is possible. Photophilous. It is unpretentious to soils and moisture; it grows equally well both in dry and damp places. Recommended spring planting. Planting in places where trampling and strong soil compaction is possible is not recommended, since birch suffers from soil compaction. Propagated only by grafting on a trunk, so the total height of the tree depends on the height at which the grafting was made. It is used as a tapeworm on the lawn, as an accent in tree-shrub and mixed with perennial groups. Good for framing ponds. Warty birch "Aurea". This slow-growing tree up to 10 m high has very beautiful shiny golden yellow leaves. Their color is especially bright in spring and early summer, and later they become greenish-yellow. It has no autumn color. The flowers are yellow catkins, appear in May. The crown is openwork with falling branches, a white trunk. It grows quite slowly.

It features a weeping crown shape and deeply dissected leaves of light green color.A beautiful tree up to 6-8 meters high with a weeping, see-through crown and a light-colored trunk. Leaves with unequally toothed edges, deeply dissected. In youth, resinous, bright, light green, later - green, in autumn - with an even yellow color. Earrings drooping, long. Grows fast.Winter hardiness is high. Very light-loving. Drought tolerant. Little demanding on the richness of the soil. Does not tolerate compaction and trampling of the soil.Landing in well-lit places, preferably in spring time, at autumn planting there is a big drop. It is not recommended to plant in places where a large number of people can accumulate in order to avoid compaction and trampling of the soil.It is used for single and group plantings of the foreground, as well as for creating tree-shrub and mixed groups with perennials.

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Silver birch "Fastigiata" = Betula pendula "Fastigiata" It has a columnar crown shape.In winter, it looks especially attractive due to fluffy vertically wavy branches.Slender tree up to 10-15 meters tall.The crown at a young age is narrow pyramidal. AT adulthood broadly columnar, more fluffy, blown, does not retain its vertical shape. The crown diameter reaches 5 meters wide.The bark of young trunks is white, exfoliating in thin layers. Later, the bark fades to dark gray. In the lower part of the trunk it becomes coarsely fissured and deeply furrowed black. All main branches are strictly vertical and have a departure from the trunk under acute angle. The branches are unevenly wavy-twisted; in adult trees in the upper part of the crown, they hang down in an arcuate manner. Young branches are reddish-brown, partly fasciculately branched.The leaves are triangular-diamond-shaped, rough, dark green, appearing earlier than those of Betula pendula.Autumn leaf color is yellow, sometimes brown. They fall late.Winter hardiness is high.Light-requiring, but tolerates partial shade.It is unpretentious to soils and moisture, but does not tolerate the close occurrence of groundwater. The root system is superficial.Poorly tolerates coastal wind.Preferred spring planting in a permanent place, because it does not tolerate transplantation.Suffering from soil compaction.Formative pruning at a young age is possible.It is used to create group plantings, alleys, tree and shrub groups, shelterbelts.

Warty birch "Laciniata" \u003d Hanging birch "Laciniata" - Differs in a weeping oval shape of the crown, a white trunk and heavily indented serrated leaves. A tree 10-12 meters high with an elegant, openwork, weeping crown. The shape of the crown is oval. The bark is white, smooth, black-gray in the lower part of the trunk, fissured. Young trees have brown bark. The leaves are strongly indented, with sharp serrated lobes, bright green in summer, yellow in autumn. Grows fast. Winter hardiness is high, in severe winters annual shoots can freeze slightly. Very light-loving. It is not demanding on soil fertility, but grows best on fresh sandy or loamy soils. Does not tolerate the proximity of groundwater. Not very resistant to gas and smoke. Does not tolerate soil compaction. Landing only in illuminated places. If planting is done with seedlings with an open root system, then it is better to do it in early spring, since a lot of mortality occurs during autumn planting. It is not recommended to plant in places where overconsolidation of the soil is possible. Landing near highways is not recommended. It is used for single and group plantings, creating tree and shrub groups in conjunction with species with dense and dark crowns.

Location: prefers sunny or slightly shaded places, but there are also quite shade-tolerant ones (B. woolly, ribbed, yellow).

Landing:when planting, the distance between plants is at least 3 - 4 m. The soil mixture consists of leafy soil, peat and sand (2: 1: 2). Drainage from sand with a layer of 15 cm is desirable. Planting is done in early spring at the age of no more than 5-7 years, older adults are planted in winter, with a frozen lump; during the autumn planting, a large waste occurs.When planting birch trees, there is one very important obligatory rule - in no case should the root neck of the seedling be buried. If it is at least slightly below the soil level / the tree will suffer for several years, and then die anyway. The fact is that in this case, mycorrhiza completely dies on birch roots, and birch trees cannot exist without their fungus cohabitants. For the same reason, birches do not tolerate soil pouring over the roots of mature trees and an increase in the level of groundwater (the latter is less relevant to the original marsh species - fluffy birch, but it is also grown relatively rarely). Of course, in the first years, the seedlings should be watered as necessary, but subsequently, not only the majority of “black” birches, but even the fluffy birch put up with a temporary drought.But it’s worth thinking about fertilizing the soil, again, only in the case of “black” birches, which are very demanding on this. The best fertilizer will be the addition of leafy land directly upon planting. Well, for white-trunked birches, you should not worry about this at all - everything you need will be delivered to these plants by symbiotic fungi.

Care:Top dressing. In early spring, before the leaves appear, and at the end of spring, trees are fed: 1 kg of mullein, 10 g of urea, 15 g of ammonium nitrate are taken for a bucket of water. 10 - 20-year-old plants require 30 liters of solution, 30 and more years - 50 liters.Watering is required during planting and three to four days after it.

Loosening, mulching. The soil is loosened to a depth of 3 cm while weeding. Stem circles are mulched with peat, peat compost, wood chips with a layer of 8-12 cm. Shearing, pruning. Dry branches are cut out in the spring.

Protection from diseases and pests . Tubeworm beetles damage young shoots and leaves. It is recommended to collect and burn the affected leaves, and dig up the tree trunks. Caterpillars of the silkworm nun and Bucephala Corydalis eat the leaves leaving only veins. The caterpillars are shaken off, and the plants are treated with insecticides. Maybugs and their larvae eat the roots. It is recommended to dig the soil and select the larvae. Birches are subject to many fungal diseases, tinder fungi, which destroy wood, are especially dangerous. They should be removed. Against rust, spraying with fungicides, such as copper oxychloride (0.4%), is carried out.
Preparing for winter. They cover near-trunk circles of especially valuable decorative forms planted in autumn.

Usage:are among the best park trees and are highly desirable in gardens and avenue plantings, but always on a lawn strip. Decorative openwork crown, bright color of the bark, light green foliage in spring and golden yellow in autumn. Suitable for all types of plantings, especially in combination with mountain ash, willows, oaks, lindens, maples, beech, bird cherry, and also against the background of conifers. When planting birch trees, one should take into account its proximity as a “whipper”, especially birch trees with thin hanging branches, from which conifers especially suffer.

Partners:grasses and plants always grow better under a drooping birch than under a fluffy one. The latter has a denser crown, the crowns of individual trees are in contact. But there are a number of plants, albeit not so many, that could be used under it. The limiting factors here are shade and dryness. Among woody plants it would be possible to use common hazel and its varieties, viburnum viburnum and its varieties, snowberries in assortment, some spireas (albeit to the detriment of abundant flowering), tree-like caragana and its varieties, as a ground cover and winding along supports - a wood pliers and parthenocissus five-leafed smaller than usual, but white turf and its varieties will grow there, some hawthorn and Tatar honeysuckle, holly mahonia and mock oranges (although not so profusely flowering), not bad bushes, but not very profusely flowering, shrub cinquefoil will give, good use an assortment of alpine currants and mountain ash, Chinese junipers, forms and varieties of common spruce, western thuja and other plants. The list of perennials is even longer. The limiting factor is the same - dry shade. It’s good if they are not the most demanding on fertility.

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