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Varieties
9 varieties
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Growth habit
- Upright
Height after 10 years
- 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Category
- Birch trees
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Categories
Birch trees
9
Native trees
3
Crab-apple trees
4
Flowering cherry trees
5
Japanese flowering cherries
2
Flowering pears
1
Liquidambar trees
3
Magnolia trees
5
Maple trees
3
Sorbus (Rowan) trees
15
Sorbus (Whitebeam) trees
2
Our recommendations
1
Stock availability
All
9
In stock
1
Not in stock
8
Available form
1-year
2-year
1
3-year
Top-worked
Multi-stem
Spindlebush
Available as
12L pot
1
Growing
Gardening skill
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Beginner
7
Average
2
Experienced
Awards
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RHS Award of Garden Merit
2
RHS Award of Merit
RHS 1st class
Attractive features
Attractive flowers
Attractive fruit
Attractive tree / plant
4
Attractive bark
9
Attractive foliage
2
Autumn foliage colour
4
Variegated foliage
Scented flowers
Scented foliage
Winter colour
Spring foliage colour
Summer foliage colour
2
Growth habit
?
Columnar / Fastigiate
1
Upright
9
Upright-spreading
5
Spreading
Weeping
1
Multi-stem
Height after 10 years
Up to 1.5m / 5ft
1.5m-2.5m / 5ft-8ft
2.5m-3.5m / 8ft-12ft
3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
9
5m-8m / 16ft-25ft
Sunlight
Prefers full sun
6
Some shade
4
Tolerates shade
Pruning
Do not prune
9
No need to prune
Light prune
Prune after flowering
Prune hard
Growth rate
?
Fast
2
Average
6
Slow
Site conditions
Sheltered site
Windy site
Free-draining site
1
Occasional flooding
7
Occasional drought
8
Coastal site
Air pollution
Identification
Flower colour
White
Cream
Pink - light
Pink
Pink - dark
Red - dark
Crimson
Magenta
Purple
Mauve
Yellow
Flower form
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Single flower (5-8 petals)
Semi-double flower (10-20 petals)
Double flower (25-50 petals)
Chrysanthemum flower (100+ petals)
Flowering month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
November
December
Leaf colour
Green
7
Bronze
Dark purple
Grey-green
Bluish-green
Yellow
Yellow-green
2
Pink-white-green variegated
White-green variegated
Leaf colour - autumn
?
Green
Yellow
7
Yellow / Crimson
Orange / Gold
Orange / Red
Bronze / Purple
Multiple tints
Leaf/Flower sequence
Leaves appear first
Flowers appear first
Leaves and Flowers appear together
Fruit colour
Black
Blue - dark
Bronze
Brown
Crimson
Gold
Green
Green / Red
Green / Yellow
Orange
Orange / Red
Pink
Purple
Red
Red - dark
Red / Black
Russet
Yellow
Yellow / Orange
Yellow / Red
White
Fruit size
Very small
Small
Average
Large
Very large
Fruit persistence
?
Normal ripening
Fruit drops when ripe
Ripens over a period
Persistent
Food uses
Jam / Jelly
Bark
White
6
Grey
Brown - light
1
Brown - chocolate
Brown / Red
Copper / Purple
Striated - brown
2
Striated - red
Peeling
Country of origin
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Denmark
France
Germany
1
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
New Zealand
Russia
Portugal
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
1
Turkey
United Kingdom
4
United States
Wildlife
Attractive to birds
RHS perfect for pollinators
Annual cycle
Deciduous
8
Evergreen
Varieties list
Birch
Dalecarlica
The Swedish birch, an attractive columnar silver birch with drooping branches.
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Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Birch
Darkness
This birch features speckled dark bark and an upright habit.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: Striated - brown
Betula utilis
Birch
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is an upright form of the silver birch, discovered in the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula utilis x Betula albosinensis
Birch
Golden Beauty
A gold-leaved silver birch, with an excellent upright form, white bark, and attractive autumn leaf colours.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Birch
Golden Fountain
A nice example of the Golden Birch, with green-yellow leaves in the summer, turning golden yellow in the autumn.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula
Birch
Hergest
Hergest is a form of the Chinese red birch, and features copper-coloured bark.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: Brown - light
Betula albosinensis
Birch
Trinity College
A small attractive birch tree with bright white bark from a young age.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula utilis jacquemontii
Birch
Tristis
A graceful upright silver birch with pendulous shoots cascading from its branches.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: White
Betula pendula
Birch
Wakehurst Place Chocolate
This lovely Himalayan Birch is named for its chocolate-coloured peeling striated bark.
Growth habit: Upright
Height after 10 years: 3m-5m / 10ft-16ft
Bark: Striated - brown
Betula utilis