European White Birch vs Manchurian Walnut - TreeTime.ca

European White Birch vs Manchurian Walnut

Betula pendula

Juglans mandshurica

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European White Birch
Manchurian Walnut

European White Birch is a mid-sized shade tree native to Eurasia. This deciduous tree has a pyramidal form when young, maturing into a rounded crown with arched branches and drooping branchlets.

The trunk is slender, with white bark featuring black diamond-shaped lenticels. European White Birch is an ideal landscape tree for parks and gardens.

Similar to the Cutleaf Weeping Birch, this species is a popular ornamental.

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Manchurian Walnut is a large, broad and often multi-stemmed tree with ornamental qualities. This tree produces large, thick-shelled nuts that ripen in the fall. These edible walnuts are reportedly difficult to crack open. They are useful for attracting wildlife, especially squirrels.

The Manchurian Walnut contains and exudes much lesser quantities of allelopathic compounds, such as juglone (common to walnuts), that may prevent or impair growth of nearby plants. Therefore, it is commonly embraced as a safe walnut to plant.

There are reports of rare this species surviving winters to -45C with specimens growing and thriving in Alaska and Edmonton.

There is no regular supply of this species. It is rare and not produced each year.

European White Birch Quick Facts

Manchurian Walnut Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 2b
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Height: 21 m (70 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Spread: 12 m (40 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: yes
Catkins: no
Fall colour: bright yellow
Bark: light grey
Nuts: large walnuts
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: none
Suckering: high




Other Names: silver birch, weeping birch
Other Names: chinese walnut