On May 13, 1923, Mother’s Day, a white birch tree was planted in honor of mothers on the shore of Antietam Lake. About 1,000 people showed up for the event, considered the first of its kind in America ...

The top of my dead white birch tree toppled over. The cause was rotting. Folks also call this tree “canoe birch” and “silver birch.” The official name is “paper birch,” Betula papyrifera. It is very ...

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 ...

Paper birch (also called white birch) is an iconic tree of the north and probably our most easily recognized tree because of its distinctive white bark. The scientific name Betula papyrifera speaks to ...

Question: We have a white birch tree that appears to be dying from the top and then down. In fact, all the birch trees in our neighborhood have some dead branches at the top of the tree. The bottom ...

White birch (also called paper birch or canoe birch) is probably the most common of our birches. They can grow 50 to 70 feet tall in the wild, but most are not that large; the national champion ...

Got a birch tree that doesn’t look too healthy after our long, dry summer? You aren’t alone. Both European white birch and river birch are popular landscape trees in the Inland Northwest. However, ...

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 ...