So hopefully it will be a bumper harvest for berries, seeds and nuts! Two of the many trees I planted into the hedge 35 years ...

Several trees offer bark with striking colors and textures. One such species is the river birch, Betula nigra. The bark of this tree exfoliates — or peels away in layers — to reveal shades of ...

European white birch (Betula pendula) goes through several stages, from shiny brown bark to white, and, finally, showing dark gray fissures ‘painted’ with white lines of leftover white ...

Fast growing, a mature river birch can reach a height of 70 feet. Heritage will grow about 30 inches or more each year in colder climates, and even faster in the south. Trees may be trained with ...

The League of NH Craftsmen – Meredith Fine Craft Gallery will host a felted birch landscape class with juried artist Hannah Gage on Wednesday, Aug. 27, from 2-4 ...

Trees develop their characteristic barks as the trunk circumference grows. The dead outer bark can't grow, and so it gives way. Beech bark (Fagus spp.) is flexible, so it stretches and expands.