CONTAINER TREES

Container trees are quite simply fine specimens of young trees planted in woven sacks filled with rich, fertile medium that has been used to grow trees successfully for 20 years... These oaks can exceed 30 meters (100ft) and are very long lived, records have shown 1000 year old specimens these will most likely have been pollarded for firewood a process that prolongs the trees life... Native to the Himalayas and China these birches are cultivated in botanical collections and gardens. They can reach heights of 18 meters (60 ft) as the silver variety does but the distinguishing difference is the soft downy stems they produce. The bark can be white with grey patches or alternatively orange brown and peeling. The catkins open in late April, the timber is an excellent firewood.

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