Himalayan Birch ~ Snow Queen

Betula utilis jaqcuemontii is revered for its dazzling white bark, an elegantly upright, open-branched tree with bright white bark reaching heights of 12m/ 40ft.  It adds a real wow factor with it’s incredible blossom every spring. The Himalayan Birch is a spectacular tree with oval, mid-green leaves, downy beneath when young turn a clear yellow in autumn. As with other birches, the old bark peels away revealing the new bark underneath as it grows, giving attractive stripes on the trunk.

Himalayan Birch is a wonderful specimen tree. Deciduous birches have male and female catkins borne on the same tree. It is is fully hardy, they do prefer sun but will grow in partial shade on most soil preferably fertile well-drained soils.