PARKLAND PILLAR BIRCH
Betula platyphylla ‘Jefpark”
MATURE HEIGHT 25 – 40 feet (7-12 metres)
MATURE SPREAD 7 feet (2 metres)
trees
BEFORE YOU PLANT A TREE BE SURE TO CONSIDER
WHY do you want to plant a tree? For shade? Fruit? Colour? Wind screen?
WILL you have time to nurture the tree (prune, water, fertilize)?
CONFIRM what you are buying – use the latin name.
RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE
Trees provide immeasurable benefits to homeowners and the communities in which they live,
delivering cool shade to privacy, beauty, windbreak, water runoff reduction, pollution reduction … and the list goes on.
MYTH: Newly planted trees should be staked firmly and securely
THE FACTS
Tree staking is seldom necessary, but when trees are staked, they are typically staked TOO HIGH, TOO TIGHTLY, and for TOO LONG.
- Improperly staked trees grow taller than wider.
- When a tree stake is removed, a lack of trunk and root development makes the tree vulnerable to breakage or blow-down.
Newly planted trees CAN require staking if:
URBAN TREES
URBAN TREES SERIES
Trees are an excellent addition to a landscape, but not all trees are created equal. Matching a tree to a suitable site and climate is beneficial for both the tree and the homeowner, but knowing what tree to choose, and where to plant it, can be challenging. This 12-week series will help you plant the RIGHT TREE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!
Posters of the following 'Urban Trees' series are included as .pdf documents at the bottom of this page.
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Identifying a Mystery Tree
The tree’s trunk is braided, fluted, and made of sculptured vertical hills and valleys, some thick.
The moment I see the photograph of the unusual trunk of this mystery tree and I notice the email’s subject—“Tree Identifying Help?”—I am hooked. This is a mystery I want to solve.
The local gardener who wonders which tree species has such a sculptured trunk thinks it might be an alder or a birch tree, because its leaves are oval and serrated. I can’t see leaf detail in the emailed photo. Clearly a puzzle.