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Thanks for the pic's Graham. Yours is nice and healthy, especially when you compare the leaves! Have you had to battle fungus or any particular critters with this one?
Also, how does it handle trimming and cutting back? Back-budding characteristics...etc?
Hi Dan,
Some of the leaves do have some discoloration (fungus perhaps) but there are only a few of them (compared to the natives ones nearby) so they get cut off, I haven't noticed any bug issues yet.
Over the years I haven't done much with it really, just let it grow and cut off the strong elongated growth in spring which forces it to send out new growth at base of branches (axillary buds) but I haven't noticed any true back budding (adventitious buds) after said treatment.
I've found a great grove of them close by so next year I'm going to take a bunch of cuttings which will hopefully turn into a Aspen grove/forest.
Cheers
Graham