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Betula pendula clean seedBetula pendula

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European Weeping Birch, European White Birch, Silver Birch, Weeping Silver Birch

In Stock: 8.536 lb (Total:8.536lb)

Betula pendula c.s.

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8.54 lb

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Germination:

60%

Germination test:

Actual

Purity:

74%

Seeds per lb:

3,026,667

Quantity:

8.54 lb

Collected in:

Kiev
Bobrik village

Crop year:

2022

Min. hardiness zone:

Item ID:

1832721

Characteristics

Growing Info

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.

Betula pendula, also known as the European White Birch, Silver Birch, and Weeping Silver Birch, is a medium-sized deciduous tree that is perfect for parks and gardens. It typically reaches 30-40 ft tall, with a slender trunk and arched branches with drooping branchlets. Its white bark often has black diamond-shaped marks or larger patches, particularly at the base. The leaves are dark green in summer and yellowish in fall, and the small winged seeds ripen in late summer on pendulous, cylindrical catkins. The bark is waterproof, durable, tough, and resinous, and is used to make drinking vessels, canoe skins, roofing tiles, and more. It is also used medicinally and makes a refreshing tea. This pioneer species readily invades old fields, cleared or burnt-over land, and creates conditions suitable for other woodland trees to become established. Silver birch is often grown for forest products such as lumber.