Hello!
We planted our river birch in our front garden area about 3 years ago. At that time it was much smaller, but has more than doubled in height and width. It has grown at an amazing speed--way faster than others in our neighborhood that were about the same size. Because it was taking over our sidewalk and attacking people walking up to the house, we decided it was time to trim the lower branches. I love seeing more of the beautiful bark, however, now I feel like it needs some thinning on top as well. I am looking for a second opinion. I don't want to do anything to hurt the tree since it is a beautiful tree and I love it. From my knowledge this tree is supposed to be a thinner light filtering type tree. I feel it has just gotten too bushy. What do you think? I am including a picture for your review.
We planted our river birch in our front garden area about 3 years ago. At that time it was much smaller, but has more than doubled in height and width. It has grown at an amazing speed--way faster than others in our neighborhood that were about the same size. Because it was taking over our sidewalk and attacking people walking up to the house, we decided it was time to trim the lower branches. I love seeing more of the beautiful bark, however, now I feel like it needs some thinning on top as well. I am looking for a second opinion. I don't want to do anything to hurt the tree since it is a beautiful tree and I love it. From my knowledge this tree is supposed to be a thinner light filtering type tree. I feel it has just gotten too bushy. What do you think? I am including a picture for your review.