General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 36 feet
Plant Spread: 20 - 24 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Provides winter interest
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Chinese Red Birch
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis
  • Synonym: Betula albosinensis var. septentrionalis
  • Synonym: Betula albosinensis

Photo Gallery
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2023-01-17
Location: Bide A Wee Cottage garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2017-08-09
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Botanical Garden near Brussels)
Date: 2023-01-17
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-07-15
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-11-11

photo credit: Sten Porse

photo credit: Sten Porse
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2016-02-10
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-11
Location: Howick Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2016-05-11
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-11-10

photo credit: Neo -
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-05-11
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-02-22
Location: Bide A Wee cottage garden, near Morpeth, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-05-16
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire
Date: 2016-10-21
Young tree
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-10-17
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2021-04-02
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-06-18

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