Betula utilis 'Jacquemontii'Himalayan birch

Betula utilis ‘Jacquemontii’ develops an oval to rounded crown, relatively regular and semi-open. It can reach approximately 10 to 15 metres in height and 6 to 8 metres in spread, keeping an elegant silhouette that lets light pass through the branching.

The bark is its most distinctive feature. Darker at first, it becomes progressively white and glossy, peeling in fine horizontal sheets that reveal warmer tones beneath. The reddish-brown young branches create a subtle contrast with the pale trunks, particularly visible during the winter.

The leaves are oval, glossy and serrated at the margin, forming a green, luminous crown during spring and summer. The long, hanging male catkins open in early spring. In autumn, the foliage turns golden yellow before falling and fully exposing the white structure of the trunks once more.

It adapts to sun or partial shade and to different soil types, although it prefers loose, moist, well-drained ground. It is highly resistant to cold and tolerates wind well. It can be used as a single specimen, in small groups, in avenue planting or in multi-stem massed plantings, where the repetition of the white trunks produces an especially expressive effect.

In the mature specimens from Diaplant, the bark already shows the white intensity that young plants take several years to develop. The possibility of selecting single-stem or multi-stem trees makes it possible to bring to the project, immediately, a vertical, luminous composition with strong winter interest, suited to the intended scale and setting.