eileen
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 4:02 pm Post subject: Silver birches. |
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OK this is going to sound like a really stupid question but......... when do silver birches get their silvery, white bark?
I was given two birch trees a couple of years ago (I think they were about 2 years old when I got them) and they've ben in the garden for over a year with no signs of the bark being anything but reddy brown. They are certainly growing and healthy so I'm not complaining but I want to have a couple of silver birches as a colour contrast. Am I just being impatient?
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Frank
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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eileen,
i found this on another site:
| Quote: | | When the tree is young the bark is a reddish-brown colour, but as the tree matures it becomes dark grey with silver-white patches |
It didn't say how long this takes though. I would say just hold tight and it will change with time. If I come across the answer I will post it here 
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eileen
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:17 am Post subject: Trees and shrubs. |
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Thanks for taking the trouble to help me out Frank. I couldn't find anything on the net which said how old they had to be either before the bark changed. Knew I was just being my usual impatient self. 
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Frank
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:22 am Post subject: |
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'Good things come to those who wait' 
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eileen
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I've racked up over 50 messages already and I've only been here a couple of days!!!! 
Always knew I was a bit of a 'blether.' (Scottish word for chatterbox )
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gardenplansireland
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Thought ye all might find this funny, recently I visited a lady out the countryside to give here some advice on a shady back garden.
When I rang the door bell her son answered, led me through the house and out to the back garden where the lady was hard at work on a tree.
I had to laugh when I saw a scrubbing brush in here hand and a basin of soapy water at the base of the tree, as I had come across this senario once before. She was scrubbing the bark on her silver birch to remove all the moss that had built up due to shade and unpolluted countryside air.
Now that a real silver birch fan
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eileen
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Must remember only to wash my birches when no-one else is around then. LOL
My neighbour scrubs her windowsills with a nail brush every spring -even if there's a blizzard blowing!!!!
It takes all kinds to make a world.
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yikes Hope no ones seen me cleaning my rhodo leaves!! 
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Frank
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| Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Hope you have a high fence Lily
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or cleaning bird poo off the leaves of my fruit trees. LOL
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