Betula pubescens
Downy Birch

Description

Features:
✓ Native, fast-growing, medium-sized tree
✓ Leaves turn yellow in autumn before falling
✓ Yellow catkins hang off branches in spring
✓ Slightly more upright that the Silver Birch

A native Birch that can reach up to 30m in height and has elegant, dropping branches, bearing yellow leaves in autumn. Not as striking as its whiter cousin pendula, but does have grey-white bark and catkins in spring also. Pubescens has a slightly more upright habit than Pendula. Birch are a vital resource for our insects and seeds are eaten by many of our birds. Will tolerate most conditions.

Don't forget to consider:
Tree Stakes to support the tree - buy here.
Tree Belting to secure the tree to the stake supports - buy here.
Tree and Shrub Compost to add a layer of good soil in the planting hole - buy here.
Mycorrhizal fungi to encourage strong, new roots - buy here.

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