Betula Species, Whitebarked Himalayan Birch, White-Stemmed Birch

It is another pretty white birch with bark that really is paper-like coming off the trunk in bigger sheets. It has large, bluish-green al...Read Moremost rounded leaves. I have seen some planted in southeast Pennsylvania. Philadelphia International Airport has some good-looking groups at the end of the airport train lines, that I have seen in 2010 thru 2014. A customer of mine had a full-grown, 25 ft specimen in Chesterbrook, PA. However, after two dry, hot summers, and she did not water it, the tree was killed by Bronze Birch Borer; a beetle that attacks stressed birch trees from heat and drought.

I've had one on the north side of my house, in a bed of rhody's for about 6 years. It is beautiful. I have had no problems whatsoever and...Read More it is growing at a normal rate.

Betula utilis jacquemontii (Dec) (z5) (Bfly)
"One of the loveliest birches, with dazzling white stems"(Hillier) and attractively p...Read Moreeeling bark; a medium-sized tree from Nepal related to Betula utilis. Sun/Med

All the reviews for the Jaquementii are pretty negative from what I read, said that not fit for landscaping because of the pest problems....Read More I had one from Lowe's for half year now. It gorws good. Good wind resistant. The key is water it almost every day. My Jaquementii sarts to show white bark now.

06/13/06
This tree did not come up with a lot of leaves this spring, a lot of branches dried up. Can any body help? I do not see any bugs on it.