Bronze birch borer and Betula Jacquemontii in Northern California

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Posted by ajfjavi on March 24, 2006, 8:32 pm
 
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I'm thinking about getting a Betula jacquemontii - White-barked
Himalayan Birch for my front garden.  I have heard that Jacquemontii
birches can be quite suseptible to damage from the Bronze birch borer.
Are Bronze birch borer's common in the SF Bay Area (Millbrae, CA)?

Thanks,

alfonso



Posted by bamboo on March 26, 2006, 2:27 pm
 About a page or two down in this document is some very good BB Borer
info.
Here is the link-
http://www.unce.unr.edu/western/NHCnewsletters/2000-2002/Fall%202001.pdf#search= 'bronze%20birch%20borer%20california'