Betula Royal Frost ='Penci-2'

Common name: birch

Description: An ornamental birch prized for the striking contrast between its immaculate white trunk and deep purple-chocolate foliage. Cordate, toothed leaves hold their rich colour through summer before turning orange-yellow to red in autumn, with light brown catkins in spring.

Other benefits: elegant year-round form, attractive peeling bark, good autumn colour, excellent specimen or small-garden tree, dramatic dark-foliage contrast against white bark, dense pyramidal habit

Wildlife attraction: birds

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 5m x 3m

Position: full sun or partial shade

Soil pH: neutral to acid

Moisture: moist but well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -25°C