Boxlapse. Growing a BIRCH TREE from seed Time-lapse. Posted: April 7, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025. Betula pubescens, commonly known as: downy birch, moor birch, white birch, European white ...

The white birch of Europe is the silver birch, Betula pendula, named for the way its branches hang down. You will find self-seeded thickets of it from Bavaria to Scotland and beyond.

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 ...