Betula pendula

tuckerg

excellent Salt

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Aaron_K

Hi Salt,

I think this is looking absolutely great. I love the weeping branches. Together with the gentle trunk movement, it looks very elegant indeed.

All the best,

Aaron

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hansvanmeer

Very feminine and yet strong looking literati bonsai! I think it is great!!!!!
Hans.

salt

Thank you for your comments! I have had this tree for 10 years and it has never looked better, I am glad you like it too /Magnus

rockm

Very nice. To nitpick I would have gone an inch or two wider on the pot, but the composition is excellent as it is.

zen

She is just lovey. Thank you for sharing this one, keep us updated.

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bonsainotwar

I have never worked with a birch before.I have heard they don't respond well to pruning,that like willows,cutting a branch,will kill the branch entirely.

salt

My experience with birches is limited since I only have two. But branches may die if they are wired too hard, pruned too hard or for no reason at all. Nowadays I wire very carefully just before leafing out. The only time I prune branches is from late spring until the middle of the summer. This means that the tree will be very ugly all other seasons, but it seems that fewer branches die. The weeping style is also very good for birches, as long as you have some long branches you can always wire them down to hide all the other ugly branches

/magnus