The European White Birch is a very pretty tree that has smaller leaves and finer texture than other birch, and it has a slightly weeping ...Read Moreaspect to its habit, plus tight white bark. The negative aspect is that this species is very susceptible to the Bronze Birch Borer Beetle because it is easily stressed by heat and drought. It usually only lives about 20 years in the Chicago, IL. or Philadelphia, PA, areas because of hot, dry summers that happen. Water during drought.
Thin white barked tree very common in Europe and Russia, grows in many soil types from acidic to alkaline. One of the hardiest hardwood t...Read Morerees it grows into the cold tundra lands of northern Russia and is one of the last hardwoods found on mountains before the treeless zone begins.
Grows great in Southern California. Granitic soil, clay soil, any soil. Doesn't seem to matter. Gives some seasonality to us. The hum...Read Moremingbirds love to roost in them. Roots can stay on the surface if there are in rocky soil.
Souderton, PA (Zone 6b) | September 2010 | neutral
This is a beautiful tree and reminds me of all the white birches I saw when I was little in northern New Hampshire. I tried growing this...Read More tree twice and gave the trees plenty of water and a sheltered location from the hot sun but they both died. I guess the birch borer got to them. I gave up and planted river birches, which are pretty, but not as pretty as the white birches. My inlaws had a white birch that often dropped its leaves but did not die. They lived near us in southeastern PA. Is there any way to avoid the birch borer around here?
This tree is absolutely beautiful. The tree however, when it's hot will wilt a bit so keep the soil moist. Up here in the high desert, it...Read More thrives with a nice 4 inch layer of mulch. Leaves turn gold in the fall.
A very common tree here. It grows on hot sites and on cold sites, on dry sites and on wet sites, at altitude and at sea level. Very versa...Read Moretile and useful for its white bark.
I live in Long Island,New York.The tree did great for the first year and then was infected with bronze birch borer.
Unfortunate as...Read More it was my favorite tree in a backyard of over 20 trees.
This is a lovely, graceful tree. It grows well in our Zone 10 city gardens (not American so not subject to the pest mentioned in the prev...Read Moreious entry).So well it is being overused at the moment, every development seems to be planted with them.
We've grown it from seed. Our tree is now 11 years old and about 15 ft high. The leaves are delicate and constantly on the move, it provides only the lightest of shade. I've been systematically pruning branches off the trunk as it grows, to about a third of the height, the better to enjoy the bark. I understand this should only be done in Winter or the tree will ''bleed'' heavily and be weakened or killed.
Unfortunately, this species as well as white-barked birches in general, usually do not thrive in zone 7 and warmer. They are often kille...Read Mored by the bronze birch borer in those areas of the U.S.A. A more commonly used birch in those warmer areas is a native to the south, Betula nigra - River Birch.
A slim tree native to Europe, Russia and Western Asia.
Has ovate to diamond shaped, pale to mid-green, toothed leaves that...Read More turn yellow in autumn. Bears small brown-yellow male catkins. The bark is greyish white and slightly flakes from the tree, as the tree ages the bark breaks giving a diamond pattern at the bottom of the trunk.
Loves moist but well-drained soil in full sun to light shade. It may need some shade during the hottest part of the day in warm regions. In cold regions the twigs may suffer a little from cold drying winds so place in a sheltered spot.
Some European bird species eat the seeds and the sap was once used to tan leather. The young leaves have also been used as a diuretic in the past.
The European White Birch is a very pretty tree that has smaller leaves and finer texture than other birch, and it has a slightly weeping ...Read More
Thin white barked tree very common in Europe and Russia, grows in many soil types from acidic to alkaline. One of the hardiest hardwood t...Read More
Grows great in Southern California. Granitic soil, clay soil, any soil. Doesn't seem to matter. Gives some seasonality to us. The hum...Read More
This is a beautiful tree and reminds me of all the white birches I saw when I was little in northern New Hampshire. I tried growing this...Read More
This tree is absolutely beautiful. The tree however, when it's hot will wilt a bit so keep the soil moist. Up here in the high desert, it...Read More
A very common tree here. It grows on hot sites and on cold sites, on dry sites and on wet sites, at altitude and at sea level. Very versa...Read More
I live in Long Island,New York.The tree did great for the first year and then was infected with bronze birch borer.
Unfortunate as...Read More
This is a lovely, graceful tree. It grows well in our Zone 10 city gardens (not American so not subject to the pest mentioned in the prev...Read More
Unfortunately, this species as well as white-barked birches in general, usually do not thrive in zone 7 and warmer. They are often kille...Read More
A slim tree native to Europe, Russia and Western Asia.
Has ovate to diamond shaped, pale to mid-green, toothed leaves that...Read More