When it comes to birch trees, Renaissance Oasis is truly one of a kind. After years of testing, this birch tree provides the bright white bark you love, while being highly resistant to drought and bronze birch borer. A young Renaissance Oasis Birch will …

The result of years of selection and testing, Renaissance Oasis has a broad, dense, pyramidal form, and drought tolerance. The bark is a rich mahogany-reddish color turning bright white and exfoliates. Leaves are dark green, turning yellow in fall. Plant in full sun to light shade in moist, well drained soil.

The Renaissance Oasis Birch tree is the result of 30 years of breeding, to give us a beautiful white birch, with a gorgeous peeling trunk, that is very highly resistant to bronze birch borer, and resistant to drought too. It is fast-growing, reaching 25 feet in 10 years, with a pyramidal crown of handsome leaves that turn orange-yellow in fall.

A new and distinct cultivar of Betula papyrifera named ‘Oenci’, or oasis birch, is a very fast-growing tree that has a broad dense pyramidal or oval shape to its canopy. The bark of younger trees and branches will be mahogany-like reddish-brown.

Renaissance Oasis® Paper Birch | Betula papyrifera 'Oenci' lot location; 8.5. The most drought-tolerant birch in the Renaissance Series. The juvenile bark is an outstanding red-bronze, turning white with attractive exfoliation. Dense, broad pyramidal form. Dark green leaves turn yellow in fall. Selected for resistance to the bronze birch borer.

Unique Features: This is another variety of Paper Birch. It was bred to be more resistant the bronze birch borer. The Renaissance Oasis is also more tolerant of high pH soils typical in our area. All birches start out with brown bark and Paper birches begin to shed the brown bark when they are 1’’ to 2’’ in diameter exposing the white bark.

Renaissance Oasis® Paper Birch has dark green deciduous foliage on a tree with an oval habit of growth. The serrated pointy leaves turn outstanding shades of yellow and in the fall. The peeling white bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

It is the perfect plant to use as a specimen for medium to large areas! Spectacular form and bark color. Looks good year round including winter with its stunning bark. Disease and insect resistance is superior to most Birches. Showy yellow fall foliage color.

Betula papyrifera 'Oenci' Renaissance Oasis® Paper Birch Birch, Renaissance Oasis® FALL DIG RISK. Very attractive white bark with vivid yellow foliage in fall. Improved drought tolerance and pH resistance than other white birches.

Renaissance Oasis 'Renaissance Oasis' (a.k.a. 'Oenci') - most drought tolerant of the Renaissance series; birch borer resistant; juvenile bark reddish-bronze, turning white with age