With their slender and graceful form, delicate, often arching branches, and papery bark, birches amp up a landscape’s appeal. There are about 50 species in the birch genus Betula. Birches are native ...

Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shady backyard - Chiyacat/Getty Images A tree-shaded lawn is an oasis in the summertime simply because it provides cover from the ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. As the growing season fades, we bid adieu to many of ...

Q. (My) birch tree, planted many years ago, has never really grown full. In the spring, it will get tiny green leaves but (it’s) still very airy and not full foliage. We’ve been told not to prune it.