Golden Shrub Birch
What: A compact, exceptionally cold-hardy dwarf birch (Betula x plettkei ‘Golden Treasure’) with stunning spring foliage in yellow, red, and orange hues that matures to chartreuse. This Proven Winners variety (sold as Cesky Gold® Dwarf Birch) features an upright spreading habit with serrated oval leaves.
Best use: Perfect for small gardens and mixed borders, this versatile shrub adds exceptional detail to landscape designs. It performs beautifully as an accent specimen, in mass plantings, or in naturalized woodland gardens. The compact size makes it ideal for spaces where larger trees won’t fit.
Plant Details
| Height | 4 feet |
| Spread | 3 feet |
| Hardiness Zone | 2 |
| Sunlight | Partial shade to full sun |
| Watering | Average to moist; tolerates standing water |
| Growth Rate | Slow |
| Maintenance | Relatively low; prune only in summer after leaves have fully developed |
| Uses | Accent, mass planting, general garden use, naturalized woodland gardens |
| Foliage | Chartreuse deciduous foliage emerging yellow, red, and orange in spring |
| Lifespan | 60+ years under ideal conditions |
