Downy birch
Betula pubescens
In Dutch: Zachte berk
TreesCollection: Native species
Size and growth
- Mature height
- 15 m
- Mature spread
- 8 m
- Height as sold
- about 150–200 cm
- Full grown after
- 15–25 years
Position and care
- Position
- sun
- Water needs
- high
- Evergreen
- no, loses its leaves
- Flower colour
- yellow
- Autumn colour
- yellow
- Climbs
- no
- Winter-hardy
- yes
- Bees & butterflies
- no
- Hay fever
- very strongly allergenic, April to May
- Poisonous
- no, as far as known
- Pricks or stings
- no
- Maintenance
- low
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- April to May
- Fruit
- August to September