Sweet Birch - Betula lenta Tough Places playing off newly emerging leaves

playing off newly emerging leaves and adding tropical brilliance to shade gardens everywhere

nicely blanketing the ground all year long

Just be sure to gather them before the songbirds

Photo: Cody Hudgens

Sweet Birch - Betula lenta Tough Places playing off newly emerging leavesSweet Birch is a fast growing tree that makes a great addition to the local canopy with consistent golden, yellow color in the fall. The blooms of this plant are also quite interesting, adding a troupe of dancing yellow catkins to windy, late winter days. And if you need a little refreshment while you are near your birch, the sap of this tree produces a cool, sweet flavor, which can be used for the production of wintergreen oil. In our hot dry