Betula utilis var. jacquemontii 'Grayswood Ghost'

Common name: Himalayan birch

Description: An RHS Award of Garden Merit birch with a distinctive columnar, upright habit, making an oval or conical crown of striking white bark. Glossy leaves are held alongside conspicuous catkins in early spring, with some yellow colour in autumn.

Other benefits: elegant year-round form, attractive peeling bark, good autumn colour, excellent specimen or small-garden tree, RHS Award of Garden Merit winner, distinctive narrow columnar habit

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