We reduced the crown of this young, but tall silver birch, to keep it’s growth in check and allow more light into the back garden. Large pruning cuts on birch trees are susceptible to infection so if a tree’s crown size is to be restricted then pruning little and often is the order of the day.
Birch reduction with small pruning cuts
This large birch tree at the end of a small back garden in Chorlton and a neighbouring rowan tree were blocking out a lot of the available light, This was preventing the residents from being able to grow a lawn for their kids to play on.
We removed the rowan. We removed the ivy growing up into the crown of the birch and gave it an overall crown reduction, as well as thinning it out to allow more light to penetrate into the garden.
The birch after a crown reduction and thinning
The birch from another angle
The customers were very happy with the results. They were looking forwards to sowing a new lawn and sorting out the garden now that it wasn’t so overshadowed.
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