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BETULA Fast
growing trees usually with attractive bark. Most are suited to dry acid
soils in sun or part shade but will often tolerate quite wet sites.
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| B. albosinensis 'Sable' |
| B. albosinensis var. septentrionalis AGM Oval to lance shaped, mid-green leaves, deciduous. Orange to orange-brown bark peeling to reveal pinkish-grey. Height a medium sized tree, 6 to 7 metres. Spread 3 metres. |
| B. ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’ AGM Deciduous, open-branched, elegant tree that has peeling, pinkish-white bark becoming white with age. Oval, glossy, green leaves, deciduous. Height 6 to 8 metres. Spread 3 to 4 metres. |
| B. nigra (Wakehurst Form) Catkins in spring. Diamond shaped soft green leaves, deciduous. Pinkish young bark, peeling brown with age. Height a fast growing tree to 10 metres. Spread 3 to 5 metres. Thrives in sun or part shade in moist soils. |
B. papyrifera Catkins in spring. Slender pointed mid green leaves, yellow in the autumn, deciduous. White bark on older trees. Height a large tree 6 to 10 metres. Spread 3 to 5 metres. Useful for thin sandy soils.
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| B. pendula AGM Catkins in spring. Diamond shaped mid green leaves, yellow autumn colour, deciduous. Silvery bark marked with black. Height 7 to 10 metres, lax habit. Spread 3 to 5 metres. |
| B. pendula ‘Fastigiata’ Catkins in spring. Diamond shaped mid green leaves, yellow autumn colour, deciduous. Silvery bark marked with black. Height slender upright growth to about 8 metres. Spread about 1 metre. |
| B. pendula 'Golden Beauty' |
| B. pendula ‘Laciniata’ (Was known as B.p. ‘Dalecarlica’) Deeply cut, mid-green, leaves on graceful drooping branches, deciduous, some yellow autumn colour. Whitish bark on mature trees. Height 7 to 10 metres. Spread 3 to 5 metres. |
| B. pendula ‘Purpurea’ Catkins in spring. Diamond shaped, purple, leaves, striking in the spring, deciduous. Height 7 to 10 metres, lax habit. Spread 3 to 5 metres. most soils. |
 B. pendula ‘Tristis’ AGM Insignificant catkins. Mid green leaves, on graceful drooping branches, turn yellow in the autumn, deciduous. Height a symmetrical tree with pendulous branches to about 8 metres. Spread 3 to 5 metres. |
 B. pendula ‘Youngii’ Diamond shaped, mid-green, leaves, deciduous. Older trees have white bark marked with black. Height a dome shaped tree with arching branches, 3 to 4 metres. Spread 3 to 5 m. |
 B. utilis var. jacquemontii Beautiful tree with white bark. Oval serrated, mid-green leaves turn clear yellow in autumn, deciduous. Height about 10 metres. Spread 5 metres. |
B. utilis var.jacquemontii ‘Grayswood Ghost’ AGM Beautiful tree with pure white, peeling bark, bark. Oval serrated, mid-green leaves turn clear yellow in autumn, deciduous.
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| B. utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Jermyns’ AGMCreamy white, peeling, bark, orange coloured branches. Oval serrated, mid-green leaves turn clear yellow in autumn, deciduous. Height about 10. Spread 5 m. |
| B. utilis var. jacquemontii ‘Silver Shadow’ AGM Gleaming white trunk. Large, oval, serrated, mid-green leaves turn clear yellow in autumn, deciduous. Height about 10 metres. Spread 5 metres. |
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