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Silver Birch - Betula pendula

Silver Birch - Betula pendula

Silver Birch - Betula pendula
From £6.95£8.34Inc VAT
Prices from as low as 30p per plant (ex. VAT)
Acidic, Sandy, Peaty Acidic, Sandy, Peaty
Alkaline, Chalky, Calcareous Alkaline, Chalky, Calcareous
Light Sand Light Sand
Neutral Neutral
Growth Rate: Quick Growth Rate: Quick
Height: Medium Height: Medium
Native Native
RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM) RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM)
Use: Farm Woodland Use: Farm Woodland
Use: Firewood Use: Firewood
Use: Shelterbelt Use: Shelterbelt

Details & Pricing
Site & Height
Characteristics
Uses & Wildlife
Pruning
Questions
Reviews


RHS Award of Garden MeritPossibly the most graceful and elegant British native tree, sometimes called ‘The Lady of the Woods’. Fast-growing, the Silver Birch has a light canopy, which casts dappled shade allowing other plants to grow beneath it, pendulous branches and golden yellow autumn leaf colour. The peeling white bark and delicate tracery of branches make this tree attractive even in the depths of winter; a mature tree covered in hoar frost is a memorable sight.

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Bareroot Availability




Excluding VAT Including VAT
Height (cm) Pack Size Pack Price Price per plant Pack Price Price per plant
40-60cm 10
25
50
100
250
500		 £8.00
£15.00
£27.50
£50.00
£100.00
£150.00		 0.80
0.60
0.55
0.50
0.40
0.30		 £9.60
£18.00
£33.00
£60.00
£120.00
£180.00		 0.96
0.72
0.66 
0.60
0.48
0.36
60-80cm 10
25
50
100
250
500		 £9.00
£17.50
£32.50
£60.00
£125.00
£200.00		 0.90
0.70
0.65 
0.60
0.50
0.40		 £10.80
£21.00
£39.00
£72.00
£150.00
£240.00		 1.08
0.84
0.78 
0.72
0.60
0.48
80-100cm 10
25
50
100
250		 £12.00
£23.75
£45.00
£85.00
£187.50		 1.20
0.95
0.90 
0.85
0.75		 £14.40
£28.50
£54.00
£102.00
£225.00		 1.44
1.14
1.08 
1.02
0.90
150-175cm 1 £6.95 6.95 £8.34 8.34

Calculating the average price per plant

Whilst we have priced our plants in bundle sizes for ease, we do appreciate that there will be times when you must purchase a set number of plants. When working out the cost of the plants, always bear in mind the average price per plant that you will pay.

For example:

  • If you have a rigid requirement for 350 plants and the bundle sizes available are 10, 100, 250 and 500, you should select one bundle of 250 and one bundle of 100.


  • Let’s say that the cost per plant for a bundle of 100 is 70p (ex. VAT), whilst the cost per plant for a bundle of 250 is 60p (ex. VAT).


  • The average price per plant for this combination would be just 63p, which is simply 100 x 70p + 250 x 60p, divided by 350 (the total number of plants), as opposed to 76p per plant if you added 3 bundles of 100 and 5 bundles of 10 to your basket.

Site and soil
The Silver Birch prefers light, free-draining sandy soils, including acid sands, but should do well on all but the heaviest of ground. It copes well with exposed situations and high elevations.

Height and spread
After 10 years: 8m x 3m
After 20 years: 18m x 4m

Leaf and bark
Diamond-shaped, sharply toothed leaves open palest green, darkening to mid-green by midsummer, then turning golden yellow before leaf fall in autumn. The bark is white with horizontal lines and dark diamond-shaped cracks. The white bark peels to reveal pale orange young bark beneath.

 Flower, fruit and seed
The yellow-brown catkins open in March-April, the males about double the length of the female at 3cm. The female catkins disintegrate on fruiting and the tiny seeds are dispersed by the wind.

Uses
Specimen tree, woodland, shelter belt for younger, slower-growing trees. The wood is used for plywood and furniture making, and for handles for tools and brushes. The bark is used for roofing in Scandinavia, and an oil from the bark is used in the preparation of leather; it has insect repellent properties. Charcoal from the wood was once used in the manufacture of gunpowder, and the twigs form the brushwood fencing on racecourses and besoms. Birch has several medicinal uses and is currently being researched for its effectiveness in treating certain cancers and HIV.

 Wildlife
The Silver Birch is an ecologically important species. Its light canopy allows a wide range of plants to flourish beneath it on the woodland floor, attracting many birds, insects and small mammals. It is an important pioneer species, rapidly colonising suitable open ground. It forms effective shelter for slower-growing trees like oak and beech.

Pruning
Silver Birch is not normally pruned.

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