European White Birch vs Wayfaring Tree - TreeTime.ca

European White Birch vs Wayfaring Tree

Viburnum lantana

Betula pendula

CUSTOM GROW

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European White Birch

Wayfaring Tree is an adaptable and reliable shrub. It is prized for its ornamental berries that can range in color from red to yellow to black. Consider getting two trees as fruiting is maximized when another Wayfaring Tree is present.

This species has a variety of uses ranging from naturalization, mass planting, borders, and privacy screens.

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.

Wayfaring Tree Quick Facts

European White Birch Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 2a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: none


Fall colour: bright yellow
Seeds: located within catkins
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: yes


Other Names: silver birch, weeping birch