Silver Birch Tree

• Striking white bark
• Graceful tree with weeping branches
• Leaves turn a warm buttery yellow in autumn
• Fast-growing deciduous tree

With its striking white bark, weeping branches and triangular leaves that shimmer in the wind, the silver birch (Betula pendula) is one of our most elegant and graceful native trees. The leaves turn a warm buttery yellow in autumn, and the white bark adds interest to the garden through winter. Long yellow-brown catkins appear on bare branches in spring.

Silver birches are relatively fast-growing (approximately 50cm a year), and make beautiful specimen trees in a large garden. The white bark is most noticeable on young trees.