Betula pendula | European White Birch, Silver Birch | Tree
Betula pendula belongs to the plant family BETULACE and Genus Betula This Tree will grow well in a wide variety of loam or soils pertaining to most average garden situations , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Betula pendula does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Betula pendula so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Betula pendula European white birch,silver birch is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Betula pendula | European White Birch, Silver Birch is a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall. Deciduous trees should not be planted close to water features or fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Betula pendula will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Betula pendula is a woody perennial. Silver birch (locally known in some parts as European white birch) is deciduous in nature.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 80' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between 30' and 30'
Betula pendula has too many possible beneficial herbal uses to fully enumerate. A few of its uses include: as an antirheumatic, as a diuretic, as an emollient and as an antiseptic. See the medicinal properties section for the full list. The leaves and the bark and even the sap are used to prepare herbal remedies.
Betula utilis | Himalayan Silver Birch | Various
Betula verrucosa | Birch. Originated in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Various
The Complete Botanica published by Crescent Bloom
"The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants", Andrew Chevallier, DK Publishing, New York, 1996.