Betula utilis var. jacquemontii - 12-14 cm 60 litre (repotted)

Common name: Himalayan birch

Description: One of the most popular ornamental birches, an oval-crowned tree with ascending branches and brilliant, clear white bark on both trunk and branches. Ovate leaves turn yellow in autumn, and male catkins to 15cm long appear in spring.

Other benefits: elegant year-round form, attractive peeling bark, good autumn colour, excellent specimen or small-garden tree, among the whitest bark of any birch, superb winter specimen

Wildlife attraction: birds

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 8m x 4m

Position: full sun or partial shade

Soil pH: neutral to acid

Moisture: moist but well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -25°C