Don t forget to include some in your shelterbelts in front of larger evergreen trees.
River birch tree fall color.
Attractive salmon pink to reddish brown bark exfoliates to reveal lighter inner bark.
With papery scrolls of bark in colors ranging from snow white to cinnamon brown the birch takes center stage in the garden after the leaves fall and other plants go dormant.
Its leaves turn bright yellow in autumn.
The chalky bark or paper is more striking than that of the river birch trees sometimes attaining to almost a pure white which is why it is also sometimes called white birch.
River birch make incredible long lived fast growing windbreaks.
It s rare to find a deciduous tree that makes a big impact in the winter garden but the birch is an exception.
River birch is a popular fast growing native tree for the home landscape.
Trees typically live 50 75 years.
The bright spring foliage and vibrant fall color will be dazzling against that steady evergreen backdrop.
River birch is a medium to tall tree growing 60 80 feet at maturity and about 40 wide.
Dark green foliage turns a beautiful buttery yellow in the fall.
Its fall foliage color is yellow.
In the winter its showy silver trunk adds beauty to the.
Another birch tree grown as much for its peeling bark as for its fall foliage is the paper birch betula papyrifera.
Another appealing feature is the shimmering contrast when the leaves flutter in the wind revealing a lower leaf surface of a different color than the upper surface.