Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification: cold stratify for 60 days
Germination: requires light for germination, surface sow and keep moist
Other: can be fall sown without stratification.
Native to: Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Ontario, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced to: Argentina Northeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tasmania, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin
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Introduced
Betula pendula 'Prostrate' Betula pendula
'Prostrate'
Prostrate European White Birch
Betula pendula 'Prostrate'
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Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours
Stratification: cold stratify for 60 days
Germination: requires light for germination, surface sow and keep moist
Other: can be fall sown without stratification.
Native to: Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Ontario, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Introduced to: Argentina Northeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tasmania, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin
Native
Introduced
Betula pendula 'Prostrate', also known as Prostrate European White Birch, is a low-growing variant of the Silver Birch boasting gracefully arched branches in a cascading pattern. Its natural propensity to spread makes it ideal as ground cover or a beautiful feature to drape over walls. The golden brown bark on twigs and young branches matures to a silvery white, embellished with black clefts. This graceful tree offers glossy green, toothed leaves that turn a warm yellow in fall and shed for winter. During spring, drooping catkins display tiny, yellowish-brown male flowers, as the upright catkins present the greenish female flowers. These female flowers eventually give way to drooping cone-like fruits filled with numerous winged seeds. Our Prostrate European White Birch is well-suited to a range of soils, though it thrives best in consistently moist ones. A lover of full sun or part shade, this attractive birch tree fits perfectly into cottage gardens or foundation plantings and can reach up to 30-40 ft. tall and 15-30 ft. wide, making it an admirable addition to your landscape through all seasons. Expand your landscape's visual interest with our easy-to-grow, cool climate-friendly plant.
