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Himalayan Birch Tree | Betula Utilis Jacquemontii

A winter garden highlight - and all year round!

The Highlights

    • The Himalayan Birch Tree will bring winter wonder to your garden with its snowy white, exfoliating bark. Every year a layer of the shimmering bark peels off to reveal a fresh layer underneath
    • Fresh, yellow-green foliage with male (yellow) and female (green) catkins appearing in June to attract pollinators to your garden
    • The female catkins are followed by cone like fruits with winged seeds which are carried on the wind and can travel for hundreds of miles! 
    • Colour all year round: in autumn the foliage turns to a striking golden yellow before it falls, leaving the elegant architectural white branches to form the backbone of your winter garden
    • A large, fast growing deciduous tree which can grow up to 18m depending on conditions
    • Slender Himalayan Birch makes an ideal feature tree in a lawn and also works well planted in small clusters of three or more (plant 1-2m apart)
    • The bark of Himalayan Birch was traditionally used for writing Sanskrit texts and scriptures, especially in Kashmir, and is still used for scared mantras
    • Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single-use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post.MORE
    • Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better-shaped tree. This can stop the tree from becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

Himalayan Birch Tree | Betula Utilis Jacquemontii

A winter garden highlight - and all year round!
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The Highlights

    • The Himalayan Birch Tree will bring winter wonder to your garden with its snowy white, exfoliating bark. Every year a layer of the shimmering bark peels off to reveal a fresh layer underneath
    • Fresh, yellow-green foliage with male (yellow) and female (green) catkins appearing in June to attract pollinators to your garden
    • The female catkins are followed by cone like fruits with winged seeds which are carried on the wind and can travel for hundreds of miles! 
    • Colour all year round: in autumn the foliage turns to a striking golden yellow before it falls, leaving the elegant architectural white branches to form the backbone of your winter garden
    • A large, fast growing deciduous tree which can grow up to 18m depending on conditions
    • Slender Himalayan Birch makes an ideal feature tree in a lawn and also works well planted in small clusters of three or more (plant 1-2m apart)
    • The bark of Himalayan Birch was traditionally used for writing Sanskrit texts and scriptures, especially in Kashmir, and is still used for scared mantras
    • Our potted trees are supplied in EcoPots™. Eco pots use 70% less plastic and are fully recyclable, unlike normal single-use pots. They flex and so produce less root spiralling and travel better in the post.MORE
    • Our trees are usually between 18 and 36 months old at the time of dispatch.
    • Our trees are professionally pruned before dispatching. This formative pruning can involve cutting the main leader if the expert tree growers decide this will produce a better-shaped tree. This can stop the tree from becoming "leggy", and promote stronger, bushier growth.MORE

Know Your Plant

Supplied as:

9L Eco Pot
This tree is supplied in a 9L Eco Pot, which is approx D15 x H30cm. Eco Pots use 70% less plastic then traditional pots and can be recycled easily. A 9L pot allows ample space for good root development and can support a good size tree.
Plant in 3L Pot
Tree in 9L Pot

Height on arrival:

120-150cm inc. pot
30-60cm incl. pot

Eventual height:

18m (60ft)

Eventual spread:

10m (35ft)
10m (35ft)
10m (35ft)

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Yellow
Yellow
Yellow

Habit:

Bushy
Bushy
Bushy

Hardiness:

Fully Hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters in the UK
Fully Hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters in the UK
Fully Hardy
This tree is fully hardy, meaning it will survive under any condition including the occasional snowy winters in the UK

Rootstock:

Spacing:

Care Guide

High Pest/Disease resistance

Generally pest and disease resistantMORE

Position in full sun to partial shade

This tree is adaptable and generally tolerant of exposed and windy sites, dry or wet conditions and even waterlogging

Grow in well drained soil

Himalayan Birch will grow in low to moderately fertile soil that is moist but well drained

Prune Annually

Any pruning should be done when the tree is fully dormant, from late summer until early winter. If you prune in late winter or early spring when the sap is 'rising' this can cause heaving bleeding of sap and weaken or even kill the tree

For more care tips and ideas visit our Knowledge page

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