After a cold winter and spring, high temperatures around the Interior prompted birch tree buds to burst, sending record-setting levels of pollen into the air. Search Query Show Search.

SARANAC LAKE — “Birch, Birch, Birch” is the themed exhibit for the month of May at the Adirondack Artists Guild in Saranac Lake. The Birch tree is notable for its striking white bark and is ...

Q: Our 10-year-old birch tree has a smaller trunk coming out of the main clump. When would be the best time to remove it, and should it be sealed after the cut? -- Paul Thulen, Breckenridge, Minn.

The trees bloom on old wood, so trimming after summer removes buds. Magnolias are also known to bleed sap when pruned in winter, leaving them at risk of pests and diseases. 6.

Q: Our 10-year-old birch tree has a smaller trunk coming out of the main clump. When would be the best time to remove it, and should it be sealed after the cut? -- Paul Thulen, Breckenridge, Minn.

Want to plant a tremendous tree? Look no further than the river birch, Betula nigra. Indigenous to the eastern United States, the river birch is commonly found in flood plains and/or swamps ...

The bursting buds are the result of a complex program worked out by trees over thousands of years. It takes only slight variability in the program to disrupt their timing. Spring green-up is set ...

Bursting buds too early risks frost damage, too late, and they miss out on valuable sunlight. It was already known that changes in temperature, such as those caused by " urban heat islands ," can ...

Drinkable straight from the tree, fresh birch water tastes like faintly sweet, brackish spring water, cold as snowmelt. Harvest time is brief, lasting a few weeks until leaf buds burst open on the ...

Fast growing, a mature river birch can reach a height of 70 feet. Heritage will grow about 30 inches or more each year in colder climates, and even faster in the south.