Paper Birch, Large Trees

Betula papyrifera: Bareroot Paper Birch Trees in Standard Sizes

The Paper or Canoe Birch, Betula papyrifera, is a vigorous, medium-sized tree. Mature trees have beautiful peeling bark, creamy-white on the outside with a faint orange hue on the inside, which begins to appear on wood that is over 5 years old; young bark is a ruddy brown colour. The autumn colour is a pleasing deep orange.

They can reach a height of about 20-25 metres, with a neat, narrow canopy.
Standard trees are the largest size that we deliver; you can also buy younger Paper Birch saplings.

Browse our varieties of birch tree or our full range of ornamental trees.

Delivery season: Birches are delivered bareroot during late autumn and winter, approximately November-March inclusive.
Choosing a size: Small trees are cheaper, easier to handle and more forgiving of less than ideal aftercare, so they are best for a big planting project. If instant impact is your priority, or if you are only buying a few plants for use in a place where it is convenient to water them well in their first year, then you may as well use bigger ones. All our bareroot trees are measured by their height in centimetres above the ground (the roots aren't measured).

Features:

• Height: 20-25m
• Tidy, narrow, upright habit
• Use: Screening, waterside.
• Warm orange Autumn colour
• Soil: Moist, fertile. Dislikes chalk
• Bareroot delivery only: Nov-March
  

Growing Paper Birch

It will grow in most fertile soils, except chalk. It needs full sun.