A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...

For every kind of tree, there is a season of the year when it's at its best — a time when a certain feature of the tree makes an impression on us and forms a strong association with the season. Sugar ...

Editor's Note: This column first appeared in the York Weekly in 2013. Paper birch (also called white birch) is an iconic tree of the north and probably our most easily recognized tree because of its ...

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark. Birches ...

People love their chalky white birch trees. Unfortunately, so does a tiny insect that causes big problems. Only a half-inch long as an adult, the bronze birch borer started establishing itself in the ...

My white birch tree, which is about 40 years old, suddenly looks bad. Within a few days I noticed that a whole bunch of leaves had fallen off; one branch is completely bare. Also, all the other leaves ...

White Birch began his four-year-old campaign in a rich vein of form, claiming the Group 3 Alleged Stakes and the Group 2 ...