Sweet Birch - Betula lenta Tough Places Don't pass up the opportunity

Don't pass up the opportunity to add this unusual selection to your collection

Photo: Cody Hudgens

it offers some of the first joyful pops of color just as the garden stirs awake

nicely blanketing the ground all year long

Sweet Birch - Betula lenta Tough Places Don't pass up the opportunitySweet Birch is a fast growing tree that makes a great addition to the local canopy with consistent golden, yellow color in the fall. The blooms of this plant are also quite interesting, adding a troupe of dancing yellow catkins to windy, late winter days. And if you need a little refreshment while you are near your birch, the sap of this tree produces a cool, sweet flavor, which can be used for the production of wintergreen oil. In our hot dry