River Birch by durleybeachbum
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Description
Betula nigra, in Coy Pond Gardens Bournemouth, where the ground is reliably wet.
"This River Birch is a tree rivalled in its suitability for wet sites only by Alders and Willows, and once established, will also thrive in less moist conditions. The shaggy, ruffled bark of this spectacular tree makes for brilliant year round interest in an array of colours. With attractive base tones of creamy-grey and cinnamon brown, highlighted with hints of pinky-orange, purple and gold. The leaves are diamond shaped and green, turning golden in autumn.
This form of Betula nigra has a statuesque form and will look stunning planted in a group or individually as a specimen tree. In its single stem form a height and spread of 8 x 4 metres can be expected in 20 years. Tolerant of most except dry soils and conditions this beautiful birch would make a wonderfully tactile addition to any garden."
Information from The Ornamental Tree Nurseries web site.
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Comments (15)
Magnificent capture Andrea!
Lovely capture & info.
Gorgeous pictures of one of my favorite trees indeed !
Our river bank is lined with White Birch or Paper Birch Trees.
Thanks for sharing ---- Golly I didn't know there were so many species of birch trees.
Thanks to you Andrea I looked up more info on Google and Go Figure I learned something new today ! !
Wonderful capture and interesting information. Like Glenda stated, we learn something new. I think this is great, we get an informal education at Renderosity
Beautiful capture Andrea. Thanks also for the detailed information.
These are so pretty, if a bit messy...wonderful POV on this shot!
What gorgeous bark! Thanks for sharing the info as well.
Great shot lovely bark on this one.
OHHH! I wish i had such tree, Then I could make a lovely collage of the floppy bark :) Superb shot :)
Fantastic shot Andrea :)
Spectacular is a good word for this. The other image is even more colorful. The aboriginal peoples of the Eastern United States used to use the bark for canoes.
TERRIFIC WORK!
"Exquisite"
Wonderful shot of the peeling bark. I used to see white birch trees with bark peeling like this in New England - we called them "parchment birch"...
Nicely done!