European White Birch vs Royal Frost Birch - TreeTime.ca

European White Birch vs Royal Frost Birch

Betula x Royal Frost

Betula pendula

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European White Birch

Royal Frost Birch is a beautiful, cold hardy tree. It features burgundy-red-purple foliage, turning a showy yellow-orange-red in fall. The attractive white bark is striking on a winter landscape.

Royal Frost Birch loves moisture. To meet this trees' moisture needs, try applying bark mulch over the root system. Keep in mind that this variety only likes to be pruned in summer to avoid “bleeding” sap.

The Royal Frost cultivar is popular for its upright pyramidal growth habit and fuller purple foliage.

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.

Royal Frost Birch Quick Facts

European White Birch Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 2a
Height: 9 m (30 ft)
Height: 15 m (49 ft)
Spread: 5 m (15 ft)
Spread: 8 m (25 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: normal, wet
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: none


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


Other Names: silver birch, weeping birch