However, the flowers of the paper bush have given it a wider appeal.

How do you prune a paper bush? The nice thing about paperbush is that the lateral buds are very noticeable on the stem. After the plant finishes flowering, cut several of the stems back to near ground level, making your pruning cut at a 45 degree angle just above an outward growing bud. Apr 26, Paperbush requires little to no pruning. The bush will produce suckers, which should be divided out from the soil. If pruning is required to maintain the desired size and shape, it should be done after blooming is stumpcutting.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Feb 04, Paper bush is suited to the Middle, Lower, and Coastal South (USDA Zones ), although with protection it might get by the Upper South (USDA Zone 6). Give it light shade and moist, fertile, well-drained soil containing lots of organic matter. It has no serious pests and pruning is seldom needed.

Water during summer stumpcutting.bar: Steve Bender. Sep 21, Paper birch is native to northern parts of the U.S. and is known for its white, wrapped bark, used by native people for canoe covering and writing paper. Pruning this short-lived but attractive member of the birch family is often a contest of timing with the bronze birch borer, an insect responsible for frustrated landscapers and disappointed homeowners from Maine to the mountains of the Southwest.

Prune the branches as needed to control the size and remove dead or broken branches. Paper bush isn't as fussy as many other shrubs and doesn't require regular seasonal pruning.