Betula pendula
Common name: silver birch
Description: An elegant, narrowly conical tree with slender, drooping twigs and peeling white bark that becomes black and rugged at the base with age. Diamond-shaped, toothed leaves turn yellow in autumn, and yellow-brown catkins open in early spring.
Other benefits: elegant year-round form, attractive peeling bark, good autumn colour, excellent specimen or small-garden tree, classic elegant silhouette, tolerant of poor and exposed sites
Wildlife attraction: birds
Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 9m x 5m
Position: full sun or partial shade
Soil pH: neutral to acid
Moisture: moist but well-drained
Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -25°C
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