The Common Hornbean is a medium-sized deciduous tree with an oval crown. Matching in shape, its oval shaped, dark green leaves maintain color through spring while in the fall it becomes a yellow-orange color. Male catkins are yellow and female catkins are green, while small fruits cluster in the summer.

Originally known as Betula platyphylla ‘Whitespire’ has now been assigned to Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire Senior’ after determining that it is indeed a Gray Birch. ‘Whitespire Senior’ has exfoliating white bark with classic black marking and deep green leaves with an upright form that casts light shade. Its deep green leaves will transition to an attractive yellow color in the fall. Heat, deer, wind, and drought tolerant.

What do you get when you blend the lustrous red/purple foliage of Betula ‘Crimson Frost’ with the with the tough borer resistance and brilliant white bark of Betula ‘Whitespire’? The answer is colorful plant perfection because “Royal Frost” shines as a hardy, easy care plant that is a perfect fit for any sunny area in need of a small specimen tree. New leaves emerge bright burgundy against immaculate cinnamon to white exfoliating bark, turning into its hallmark deep, dark purple shade at maturity, a color that will not fade as the summer heat builds. You’ll relish the rich royal coloration and the fact that, once you get it established, ‘Royal Frost’ is virtually carefree. If that wasn’t enough, as cool fall weather approaches, its foliage color changes to orange-yellow putting on a great show before leaf drop gives you a winter filled with white bark color to match the snow!

Parkland Pillar® is a beautiful birch with a narrow, upright, dense habit. It boasts white bark and dense, dark green foliage that turns golden in late fall. This fast growing variety is suitable for gardens, screens or boulevards. Tolerant of heat, drought, and alkaline soils, Parkland Pillar® is an excellent choice for urban landscapes. Its narrow form makes it perfect as an accent tree or it can be planted in multiples to form a privacy screen.

Narrow trees are hard to find and a great commodity for the landscape so when a tree as great looking as this comes along and is tall and narrow, people sit up and take notice. Rest assured it would be hard not to notice this beauty with its aggressive growing, upright form, clean, shiny, deep green foliage and brilliant, white, non-exfoliating bark that develops as the tree matures. It’s a Birch that has all the makings of a spectacular specimen even in the coldest spots with a hardiness rating to Zone 3! Want more good news? ‘Dakota Pinnacle’ is heat and drought resistant once established and is even borer resistant making it one of the best, easiest, most carefree Birches you can grow.

A breakthrough in white birch, this selection has a great future with its striking white bark as it matures and the most resistance to bronze birch borer of any birch on the market. Tough and hardy, Renaissance Reflection® has great oval form in the landscape and has a pleasing yellow fall color to go with its showy bark.

Like other River Birch, ‘Summer Cascade’ is the most easy care, adaptable Birch for the home landscape. Its ability to thrive in most growing conditions, from extreme heat to bitter cold and dry soils to moist, and its reknowned ability to fight off disease and insects make it a landscape no-brainer. What makes ‘Summer Cascade’ stand out even more is it’s outstanding weeping form. ‘Summer Cascade’ is fast growing with a unique pendulous habit that’s pyramidal to oval in shape and so sweet to behold as the tree seems to grow layer after layer of graceful arching branches to produce a neat yet flowing effect that you’ll love. Exfoliating bark provides outstanding winter interest and an alluring backdrop for the showers of golden leaves that will stop you in your tracks when autumn arrives.

A beautiful verigated birch that holds up well in the landscape, ‘Shiloh Splash’ has the distinct advantage over other Birches of having an exciting bicolored foliage of crisp green and clean white.  Adding to its landscape value its exfoliating bark looks great all year long, especially during the winter months. Native birds love the shelter and nesting cover this plant provides and you’ll love its great yellow fall foliage color along with its tolerance of very moist soils. Shiloh Splash makes a great specimen or can be grouped to create an unmatched grove effect in the landscape where its green and white foliage brightens the shaded garden.

Everyone loves a Birch tree, but many times, they are too big for the landscape space. Fox Valley™ is the answer to those small landscape spots with its growth rate and mature size that is half that of most Birches. Less size does not mean less beauty as you’ll see, since this plant has all the great attributes of Betula ‘Heritage’ including dense growth, superb yellow fall color and incredible cream and cinnamon shaded exfoliating bark. Use ‘Fox Valley™’ as a small specimen for a tight spot or make a small grove that gives you the feel of the forest without the overwhelming size!

‘Heritage’ is a fast-growing tree with layers of brown bark peeling back to reveal white inner bark. Chickadees, sparrows, wild turkey, pine siskins, finches and other birds love the seed. Glossy, light green leaves turn yellow in fall and distinctive bark that starts off reddish-pink and fades through cinnamon to a creamy tan-white with age, and which peels in thickly curled strips. Ideal specimen.