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Betula utilis 'Wakehurst Place Chocolate'
(Birch 'Wakehurst Place Chocolate')

Family - Betulaceae
Category - Tree
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 15m
Width - 10m

Description: A medium-sized, Deciduous tree with an upright habit and oval crown, but can be grown as a multi-stemmed tree. 'Wakehurst Place Chocolate' has attractive glossy, chocolate-brown coloured bark. Dark green leaves are ovate to oval in shape with pointed tips and coarsely toothed margins. Brown catkins are produced in early spring. The foliage turns bright yellow in autumn before falling.

Named after Wakehurst Place in West Sussex.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Brown catkins are produced in March.

Flower colour: Brown

Flower shape: Catkins

Flowering time: March

Foliage:

Dark green, ovate to oval leaves are pointed at the tips and have Dentate margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged along the branches. The foliage turns yellow in autumn.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Ovate to oval

Autumn Colour: Yellow

Propagation:

Cuttings, grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.