THE elegant silver birch tree in my back garden helps define the changing seasons. Nut and seed-filled feeders currently hang from its leafless pendulous boughs, providing sustenance for wild birds ...

Its grey trunk marked by rugged black cracks, the silver birch is a common sight in woodland and parks – but there are many closely related varieties that are prized for their striking, ornamental ...

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Q: I purchased a piece of land last year with three silver birch trees on it. The largest is about 30 feet tall and had a low branch removed many years ago. The inside of the stub rotted and was ...

You mention that these trees will form a multi-stemmed tree but you can actually buy a single multi stemmed tree which has had its main leader cut out causing lateral branches to grow and this tree ...

I got lost in the middle of a wood once. It was night, I was on the tail of a runaway terrier and the torch gave out. It was winter, rain-clouded, moon-less — as close to laboratory black-out as ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Young trees sometimes have smooth bark that's unbroken by ridges.

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ONCE trees lose their leaves they can still be a source of colour and inspiration, thanks to their unusual bark, and here are five of the best to grow in your own back garden. West Himalayan Birch: ...

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