10 Seeds Sweet Birch Betula lenta Native Hardwood Tree

Sweet Birch (Betula lenta) is a native North American hardwood tree valued for its graceful form, aromatic foliage, and distinctive wintergreen-scented inner bark. It offers year-round appeal with bright green leaves that turn golden yellow in autumn and attractive reddish-brown bark on younger branches.

This versatile tree works well as a specimen, shade tree, or in naturalized woodland plantings and wildlife gardens. Its sap and bark have traditional culinary and craft uses, and the tree supports local wildlife. It grows at a moderate rate and adapts to a range of conditions.

Species: Betula lenta
Type: Deciduous hardwood tree
Plant_Habit: Upright, rounded canopy
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Moist, well-drained, acidic to neutral
Zones: 3 to 8
Germination: Cold stratification recommended; sow on surface, lightly pressed
Sowing: Start indoors or direct sow after stratification
Spacing: 30 to 40 feet apart
Notes: Wintergreen-scented bark; golden fall color