You should perhaps try to find specimens that are naturally already growing
as a clump... a trunk that divides into three parts higher up the trunk than
right at the soil line would become very weak with age.

Dave

"Twobtold" wrote in message
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Hi --
Do all Betula papyrifera grow as multi-stemmed trees? I like the look
of
the
trunk divided into 3 stems, gives the crown a fuller look.
So, does one plant the 'Paper White' Birch in clumps of 3 separate
plants
close together? Or, does one hope that nature will perform this feat for
the
gardner?
Thanks, Z6, NJ