**A Blog for Dawn**

Hmmm thank you Dotty, I see what you mean, thank you for showing me :-)"

I'm beginning to think I might abandon the idea and buy a genuine multi stemmed one :-)

Here I am again. www.ornamental-trees.co.uk have proper ones £59.99 (150-200cm) Betula utilis jacquemontii 'Doorenbos' Multi Stem Tree and they say:

"These are true multi stem trees that lead to the best trees in maturity. We do not adhere to putting 3 saplings in a pot to cheaply imitate them."

Maybe we should treat ourselves Dotty :-)

That’s a very good price Dawn! We paid £70.00 for what we thought was a true multi stemmed tree in 2012.
As you know we have a tulip tree, well if it doesn’t flower this year it is going to be removed and replaced with a true multi stemmed Prunus serrula.
Go for it Dawn……………… Dorrenbos is a beautiful tree………

Now I fancy a prunus serrula multi stem too, I have a single stem tree, I wish it would grow as fast as normal prunus. Our tulip tree flowered ten years after planting and has continued to flower each year since.
So we’ve learnt buying a genuine multi stem is the way to go, ive read coppicing a young tree yourself to create the effect isn’t guaranteed to work.

As we were saying elsewhere Dawn......once you reach a certain age, it's worth investing a bit more to get the effect you want. :)

Dawn have a look at Primrose for Prunus Serrula, they have some reduced …………I don’t know about their quality, have purchased items from them in the past! but, not trees!
Our Tulip tree is bound to flower now it’s been given an ultimatum!

I will Dotty thanks, sounds good.
Coincidence Dotty should mention Primrose Karen :)

Yeah....I just bought an Acer griseum from there Angela!

Well there you go....... great minds and all that!