For a tree to be admired at a distance – as a lawn centrepiece, for example – white-stemmed birches are widely planted: Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii “Doorenbos”, for example, or for orange bark ...

Occasionally, they produce fruit in pairs of semi-diverged, winged nutlets, called samaras. The bark of the autumn blaze maple is smooth, thin, and delicate, which only adds to its ornamental ...