All reviews for category Betula - Birch tree

Almost all the branches were either damaged or broken. Otherwise, the tree is of a nice size.

The young plants arrived in good condition and were as described. They appeared freshly picked and showed no signs of transport damage. I will recommend.

I received the tree on the scheduled day of delivery. Good packaging. Now let's see if it will like its new soil!

High-quality plant. Very fast delivery. Thank you.

Overall satisfied: Good quality tree in line with the description and image (that's really the most important). Arrived with 2 broken branches out of 4 (probably due to packaging, as there was no external impact). Not a big deal. However, dissatisfied with the delivery delays not being respected: availability announced on 19/11 for delivery on 21/11, ordered on 15/11 (to ensure a good timeframe), finally delivered on 7/12 with deadlines changing every 4 days (good point on updates).

I recently ordered and planted 3 common birch trees (Betula pendula alba/verrucosa) with bare roots, about 2m (7ft) tall in theory... and in practice as well, as they are already quite large and ramified! :) ... so promise kept and I am very satisfied, as always. However, I made a miscalculation due to the current cold weather, with temperatures around -1 / -2 °C (28.4°F) at night. So, I had to keep these 3 babies in my living room near a bay window (where it is cooler) the first night, and then I planted them the next day (it was 5 °C (41°F) so I took a chance...), after which I watered them with slightly warm water, so that the soil temperature remains correct for as long as possible, and then I immediately covered their base with a very thick and generous layer of straw, so that the slight frost of the night would attack the straw rather than their poor roots........ and I prayed that they would hold on !!!!!! (fingers crossed.......). Next time, I will pay more attention to the weather before rushing headlong....!!.... :-/ I already have 5 birch trees in my garden, in addition to the 3 "new little ones": 3 Betula pendula alba/verrucosa (common birch trees), planted in coppice shoots 5 or 6 years ago and already quite large, and 2 Betula pendula alba/verrucosa "fastigiata" (their fastigiate counterparts, i.e. narrower varieties, for my free hedge on the roadside)...... and I LOVE them for several reasons: 1. their ultra-fast growth (although less for the fastigiate variety...), to quickly provide beneficial shade (and especially essential) for my Japanese maples and other small, colorful and ornamental maples that prefer semi-shade. 2. their beautiful white trunks, which I have paired with 1 Cornus sanguinea with fluorescent wood, 1 Cornus stolonifera with yellow wood and 1 Snakebark maple Acer conspicuum "Red Flamingo", to create beautiful winter scenes (the almost black wood and slightly twisted branches of my 3 Cercis canadensis "Ruby Falls", "Eternal Flame" and "Forest Pansy" also complement the spectacle). 3. their graceful and light habit 4. the beautiful yellow of their foliage in autumn, and also its characteristic rustling and trembling with the slightest breeze. 5. their robustness (they are truly tough creatures!) I am therefore scattering these wonderful "pioneers" (their true role in nature) everywhere, to quickly create shade in my garden/woodland... and I plan to add 2 or 3 more when I finish cutting down my last piece of thuja hedge at the back of the garden, which will be replaced by a diverse, free and ornamental hedge, composed almost entirely of particularly ornamental and spectacular shrubs, suited for semi-shade (namely 3 Acer palmatum - Japanese maples - "Sango-Kaku", "Ukigumo" and "Geisha Gone Wild" to complement my "Orange Dream", "Bloodgood" and standard type, 1 Acer conspicuum "Red Flamingo" - a very surprising variety of snakebark maple -, and 2 varieties of Acer pseudoplatanus, namely "Brillantissimum" and "Eskimo Sunset" ("Esk Sunset" being the true original name of this magnificent cultivar, truly one of a kind). So, I rely on my faithful allies (my birch trees) to quickly protect these little gems from the scorching sun (and while waiting for their beneficial shade, my delicate foliage wonders will be cultivated in large pots that will be placed in various strategic points of the garden, where they will already have enough shade, before being planted in the ground, in their final locations... once their "protectors" have grown enough... in 2 or 3 years... to be continued!!).

Received with fairly dry roots, a sprinkle of water and potted with compost, I hope they will take root.

Order of a Himalayan White Birch made, I planted it following all the recommended suggestions. It never sprouted again. Impossible to get a response despite opening a "complaint file"! NO COMMENT.

Beautiful tree that has travelled well.

I've finally received them. However, I'm very concerned because the two vine-plants are very very dry. I highly doubt they will recover...