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JB Featured Tree – Jacquemontii Birch
Mar 1st, 2014
The featured tree in this segment is Betual jacquemontii Jacquemontii Birch. It has some of the brightest white bark in all of the birch family. Widely used in a variety of landscapes, this tree offers small dark green leaves that turn a golden-yellow in the fall. The Jacquemontii Birch has an upright oval shape that can grow up to 40 feet tall and 30 feet wide. JB offers this zone 5 tree in B&B as well as in container form. Contact the JB Instant Lawn Nursery Division for more information on this tree and to inquire about the availability of other varieties.
About the Author
Ryan Jennings is the Oregon / SW Washington Wholesale Representative for JB Instant Lawn and has 25+ years of Green Industry experience.
After moving to the PNW in 1997- Ryan received an A.S. Degree in Horticulture with focused study on both Turfgrass Management and Arboriculture.
This led Ryan to becoming a GCSAA Class A Superintendent at Mallard Creek 18 hole Championship Golf Course hosting many recognized tournaments- the OPGA Oregon Open 2002 & OGA Tournament of Champions in 2001 among them- and later in his career- a Management/Sales position in landscape contracting.