chicagoland grows

White Satin Birch

Betula ‘White Satin’

Dr. Edward R. Hasselkus selected this tree from the collections at Longenecker Horticultural Gardens of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Its attractive characteristics include good borer resistance, a uniform upright pyramidal habit, beautiful satin-white bark, attractive foliage and golden-yellow fall color. The parent plant originated from seed distributed by the USDA, North Central Plant Introduction Station in Ames, Iowa, under P.I. #130480. Planted in the mid-1970s, it out-survived all the other seedlings from the population, which were lost to bronze birch borers. The parent tree measures approximately 40' in height with a 30' spread at the base. Zones 5-7.