TREE: Betula lenta (Sweet or Black or Cherry Birch) #MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic #SweetBirch shows off in fall with golden-yellow color—among the best of the birches—and in winter with the sheen of its young bark. Its fragrant foliage and twigs were historically a source of wintergreen flavoring. It is native to NoVA.

TREE: Betula lenta (Sweet or Black or Cherry Birch)

#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic #SweetBirch shows off in fall with golden-yellow color—among the best of the birches—and in winter with the sheen of its young bark. Its fragrant foliage and twigs were…