Many ornamental trees are valued for their spring flowers or fall foliage, but they offer little aesthetic value during the winter. Not the river birch tree. The river birch’s beautiful bark offers ...

The birch trees in this photo appear to have been infested with bronze birch borer, as indicated by the dead upper branches where larvae have disrupted the flow of water and nutrients.

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...