I first saw some growing in a nursery field near Phoenixville, in se PA. I saw a small group west of Chicago, ILL, newly planted in Augus...Read Moret of 2012. This cultivar is from two crossings of a red-purple-leaved European White Birch with the Whitespire Japanese Asian White Birch; so that it is 3/4 Whitespire, and should have the greater heat resistance of the Whitespire. Well, in August 2014 I passed by a tree planted in northern Illinois by a lake in a park and it was dying from Bronze Birch Borer.
This the most wonderful Birch! The bark is a cinnamony white, and the leaves are shiny, shapely and the darkest color!
The leaves ...Read Moreloose some of that color by late late summer, but by then the seeds are fat and pretty, and soon after the most amazing red comes out, almost neon! ( But not gaudy!)
It is standing up well to the Texas sun and heat, few birches can. The foliage is a wonderful almost metalic purple-green. Its been in ...Read Morethe ground now for 2 summers and has grown 1-2 ft on each stem (small multi trunk) each year.
Lexington, VA (Zone 6a) | September 2007 | positive
First year for us in the gardens with this Birch and it appears to be a real winner! Glossy deep burgundy foliage has persisted through ...Read Moreheat, humidity and this summer's drought. Vigorous grower!
Betula 'Royal Frost' RED-LEAVED BIRCH Dec (z4)
This hybrid combines the beautiful burgundy foliage of 'Crimson Frost' with some ...Read Moreof 'Whitespire's' birch borer resistance and adds bright yellow-to-orange-to-red fall color. S/M PPAF Evergreen Nursery
I first saw some growing in a nursery field near Phoenixville, in se PA. I saw a small group west of Chicago, ILL, newly planted in Augus...Read More
This the most wonderful Birch! The bark is a cinnamony white, and the leaves are shiny, shapely and the darkest color!
The leaves ...Read More
It is standing up well to the Texas sun and heat, few birches can. The foliage is a wonderful almost metalic purple-green. Its been in ...Read More
First year for us in the gardens with this Birch and it appears to be a real winner! Glossy deep burgundy foliage has persisted through ...Read More
Betula 'Royal Frost' RED-LEAVED BIRCH Dec (z4)
This hybrid combines the beautiful burgundy foliage of 'Crimson Frost' with some ...Read More