Betula nigra
Details
Common name: river birch
Description: A vigorous, fast-growing birch valued for its striking, freely peeling bark in shades of salmon-pink, cinnamon and grey-brown, giving year-round interest even on young trees. Diamond-shaped green leaves turn yellow in autumn.
Other benefits: elegant year-round form, attractive peeling bark, good autumn colour, excellent specimen or small-garden tree, exceptionally tolerant of wet or poorly drained ground
Wildlife attraction: birds
Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 8m x 5m
Position: full sun or partial shade
Soil pH: neutral to acid
Moisture: moist to wet; tolerates waterlogging
Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -25°C
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Product details
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil
- Neutral, Acid, Clay
- Flower colour
- Brown
- Characteristics
- Flowering, Cold hardy, Fast-growing
- SKU
- 65828
Specification correct at time of publishing. Please confirm before ordering.