species
Betula pendula
Silver birch
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Betula pendula belongs to the family Betulaceae, also known as Silver birch, native to the UK. It reaches 12 m tall and 5 m across in about 20 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on clay, loam, sand, chalk or peat soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in dry, well drained or moist conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It flowers in April. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 12 m tall × 5 m across, after about 20 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Clay, Loam, Sand, Chalk, Peat
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Dry, Well drained, Moist
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- In the UK
- Native
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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