Inspirational Gifting 3Ft Silver Birch (Betula Pendula) Field Grown Hedging Plants Tree Sapling - Pack Of 10

Silver Birch Hedging Plants are a wonderful choice for a stand-alone tree or as part of a native hedge mix. This beautiful tree produces early catkins followed by delicate light green leaves. The silver white bark of the tree trunks takes a few years to develop fully but when you get your trees take a look and you will see tiny white spots which are the developing bark. Happy to grow in most soils and totally hardy. It will grow around 40cm per year - up to a height of around 18m. We recommend you trim back your Silver Birch in August. Silver Birch makes a super addition to mixed hedgerows and is horse friendly meaning that we put it in our horse friendly mix. It makes a wonderful environment for small animals - and is very wildlife friendly. We recommend 5 plants per metre in a double zig-zag row for a thick hedge, but you can get away with 3-4 per metre in a staggered row if you don’t mind waiting an extra year or two to form a thick hedge. Keep them well watered - especially in the