Betula pendula Julia Child Simply remove the lateral shoots

Simply remove the lateral shoots to preserve a clear trunk

which are often a variety of different colours

As the name would suggest

The young bark starts off as a creamy white shade

The Carpinus betulus has historically been used in medicine like most of Britain’s native trees

Betula pendula Julia Child Simply remove the lateral shootsFeatured in a famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the Silver Birch is a tall and elegantly graceful tree. I pass forth into light I find myself beneath a weeping birch most beautiful of forest trees, the Lady of the Woods. Betula pendula grows upright and offers smaller branches that become pendulous with age. Despite its elegant look, it is a tough pioneer species that will grow in both icy cold and warm climates. The tree features diamond shaped