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How to prune a young heritage birch to get it to look like this one?

J Goodell
4 years ago

Hello everyone,


Part of our landscape design when we moved into our house 2 years ago was the addition of a heritage birch. Not knowing how large it would get I went along with the landscape designer and approved it. Fast forward to 2 years later and this tree is getting UNRULY to say the least. I don't mind the height, but all of the branches are starting to protrude into the grassy area of the yard. I came across this picture online of my ideal heritage birch with all of the lower branches out of the way of the yard and my kids and dogs and a nice showy birch trunk. Any ideas on how and when to properly prune my tree to achieve this look?


Thank you all in advance for helping me out. Hopefully there is hope.



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