Beginner Gardening: Need help with Birch Trees. , 0 by virginiarose

virginiarose wrote:
The two Birch Trees were already here when we bought the house. At the time they were about 7 years old and now they seem to be full grown about 40 feet or slightly more. I wanted to have a shade garden under the trees and found out the roots are very invasive. I found out the trees are suppose to bloom and they never have. I find holes in the leaves. These are beautiful trees but as time goes on the problems get bigger. I have no money to take them out. No money to get them sprayed. And it would take years and years to grow another tree anyway. This is the only shade I have and I am growing sick.