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Janet · 28-04-2013, 06:27 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

In article ,
says...

On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:03:57 +0100, Janet wrote:

In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

On 28/04/2013 15:44, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
My new garden has a beautiful yellow catkin. I have no idea which
species it is. It's much brighter yellow tan any I seen before.

Any guesses?

Steve

A picture would help.

Or a description of the tree and catkins

Janet.

The tree has a creamy white trunk about three inch wide and thin brown
twigs all the way up. The catkins are about two inch long. The leaves
are tiny.

The reason I can't provide details is that I'm restricted to looking
at the tree from a window due to a disability.

All we needed, was the detail you've given. From the trunk colour,
it's a birch. The catkins are the male flowers.

If the trunk is REALLY creamy it's probably betula jacquemontii which
does have rather larger catkins than silver birch.

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=5302

B-j's catkins

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shaunargent/5641948771/

Janet.