SILVER BIRCH**BONSAI OR GARDEN**20 SEEDS

THE SILVER BIRCH TREE IS A DECIDUOUS TREE SOMETIMES CALLED 'THE LADY OF THE WOODS' BECAUSE OF ITS OUTSTANDING ELEGANCE ALSO KNOWN AS EUROPEAN WHITE BIRCH AND IT MAKES A GREAT LANDSCAPE FEATURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AUTUMN AND WHILE STILL YOUNG

OLDER TREES CAN BECOME ENORMOUS, BUT WITHOUT DOMINATING OR SHADING THE GARDEN TOO MUCH AND ARE NOW BECOMING POPULAR AS A BONSAI SPECIMEN.

THE GROWTH OF THE SILVER BIRCH IS UPRIGHT, LATER IT BECOMES SLIGHTLY WEEPING, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG OUTER STEMS. THE SHOOTS ON THE TRUNK CAN BE TRIMMED TO REVEAL THE ATTRACTIVE BARK.

WHEN PLANTED 2 FEET APART THE TREES MAKE A BEAUTIFUL HEDGE. TREE'S PLANTED 8 FEET APART MAKE AN IDEAL WINDBREAK OR SCREEN WHICH CAN BE TRIMMED EACH WINTER.

SUMMER FOLIAGE: ALTERNATE, SIMPLE DARK GREEN LEAVES, 1-3" LONG, TAPERED APEX, WEDGE-SHAPED BASE, LEAF SURFACES DOTTED WITH GLANDS.

AUTUMN FOLIAGE: YELLOW OR YELLOW-GREEN, GOOD AUTUMN COLOURS.

FLOWERS: BLOOMS IN APRIL - CATKINS OFTEN VISIBLE BEFORE APRIL.MALE CATKINS BETWEEN 1.5 TO 3.5 INCHES LONG, FEMALE CATKINS APPROX HALF THE SIZE.

FRUIT: SMALL NUTLETS HELD IN CYLINDRICAL CATKINS.

BARK: YOUNG TWIGS QUITE WARTY AND BROWN IN COLOUR, LARGER BRANCHES DISPLAY SHOWY, BRIGHT WHITE BARK. THE BARK ON THE MAIN TRUNK IS WHITE WITH PROMINENT BLACK VERTICAL FISSURES, VERY SHOWY BARK DOES NOT EXFOLIATE.

HEIGHT: 40-60 FEET TALL AND 20-40 FEET WIDE.

EXPOSURE: FULL SUN, PARTIAL SHADE.

FULLY HARDY BUT PROTECT FROM FROST WHILST YOUNG.

SUITABLE FOR MOST SOILS NEEDS MOIST SOIL FOR GOOD GROWTH.

LANDSCAPE USE: CASTS LIGHT SHADE GOOD LAWN TREE SPECIMEN FOR A SHOWY BARK, SCREENING, HEDGING OR TRY IT AS A BONSAI.

NATIVE TO EUROPE AND ASIA MINOR.

ZONE 2 - DOES NOT APPRECIATE EXCESSIVE SUMMER HEAT.

IN SOME PARTS OF NORTHERN EUROPE, THE SAP WAS ONCE BREWED INTO AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE.

FULL SOWING INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED.

SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR MORE UNUSUAL AND EXOTIC INDOOR/OUTDOOR PLANTS. BONSAI, PALMS, BAMBOOS, TREES, WATER PLANTS ETC.

BUYER PAYS P/P

U.K. P/P .65P.

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