Betula pubescens Batch No:177622 Leaves unfold reddish purple changing

Leaves unfold reddish purple changing to lustrous dark green during summer and developing yellow to orange to scarlet autumn colour that lasts well into December

discovered by chance

Also unusual for a magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora is fairly slow growing

Betula pubescens Batch No:177622 Leaves unfold reddish purple changingNative to northern Europe and Russia, this handsome birch can withstand even the most bitter cold of the sub arctic. Similar to the Silver birch but more upright and uniform in habit. Young twigs are silky hair and smooth to the touch. Lush green foliage turning yellow in autumn. Tolerant of a wide range of soils, even wet, waterlogged sites. H7