Bring color, charm, and seasonal blooms to small gardens, patios, and pots with these gorgeous flowering trees that don't ...

Any steps to prune birch trees for structure are best done when the tree is young. For example, if the tree has two dominant leaders, that can cause both to be weak and at risk of snapping in storms.

Birch planted in Brentwood has not thrived in the 10 years it’s been planted. Birch trees are not native to California and generally don’t do well in our Mediterranean climate.

A number of conifers are candidates for the Official Evergreen of Winter, but among the leaf-shedding shade trees there is just one superstar, the birch tree with its peeling snow-white bark.