About
A deciduous tree to about 20m tall from China with dark grey, finely fissured bark, ovate to elliptic, finely serrate, dark green leaves turning yellow in autumn, and small, pendulous male and female catkins in spring. A handsome and ornamental birch for a woodland garden or as a specimen in a larger garden.
About the genus
Saxifraga can be annuals, biennials, evergreen or herbaceous perennials, mostly mat-forming in habit, with simple or palmately lobed leaves and starry or rounded flowers which may be solitary of in panicles or cymes
Plant details
Suggested usesBedding, containers, hanging baskets.
Care notes
CultivationPlant after last frost in fertile soil.
PruningDeadhead regularly.
PropagationGrow from seed in spring.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.