SIlver birches in winter

california57

7 years ago

What does your garden look like in the winter, do the silver birches still offer the screening you required?

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Tom Howard Garden Design and Landscaping
7 years ago
Short answer is no! The contrast of the stem and orange panel won over screening.

Thinking was also the garden will be used mostly in the spring and summer when the birch are in full leaf.
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