It prefers acidic to neutral soil and tolerates wet, poorly drained soil. Leaves turn yellow in fall. The interesting tan-cream color bark peels away from the trunk with age. Usually a multistem shrub, it can be pruned to a singlestem tree. It is resistant to bronze birch borer.
Leaves become yellow in fall.
Plant in well amended soil on north or east exposures. Water during dry periods, summer or winter. White bark contrasts with copper colored branches. Yellow fall color. This small tree or large shrub has yellow flowers in early spring.