Betula pumila - Bog Birch popular A native to China

A native to China

Actually a native to China at some point they made their way to Japan

this very hardy old variety is almost long forgotten and is quite hard to find nowadays

slender seedpods

A deciduous small to medium tree native to the southern Apennine Mountains in Italy this quick growing tree is useful on wet and waterlogged sites however it will grow on drier sites better than most other alders

Betula pumila - Bog Birch popular A native to ChinaA most unusual birch, a departure from the tree form which we are most accustom to, this birch forms a multi stemmed shrub growing to 2 to 3m tall. As the name suggests this birch is most at home in wet soils where it is found growing in bogs in the boreal forests of northern North America. Its is also worth noting that this is the only birch with red autumn leaves.