People love their chalky white birch trees. Unfortunately, so does a tiny insect that causes big problems. Only a half-inch long as an adult, the bronze birch borer started establishing itself in ...

The white birch of Europe is the silver birch, Betula pendula, named for the way its branches hang down. You will find self-seeded thickets of it from Bavaria to Scotland and beyond.

The white birch of Europe is the silver birch, Betula pendula, named for the way its branches hang down. You will find self-seeded thickets of it from Bavaria to Scotland and beyond.

Shakes from white shoulders, green reluctant leaves. THE white birch of our northern woods seems to hold within its veins more of the elixir of ancient Pagandom than any other of our impulsive ...

Paper birch certainly lends itself to comparisons with paper; the bark is smooth and white and flammable. This whiteness, it turns out, is key to the ability of the birch to survive extreme cold.

“I wanted a connection with trees.” The three tables in his Resting Branches Collection — Two Limbs, Three Limbs and Cross Brace — all have glass tops, acrylic sides and white birch limbs ...

Paper birch trees, members of the genus Betula, are prized in Northern states for their beautiful bright white bark with black banding. Another standout is the river birch B. nigra. The cultivar ...