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Bountiful Gardens
River Birch - Betel Nigra
Product Details
What makes this tree so intriguing is the salmon-pink to reddish-brown bark that exfoliates itself, revealing a lighter colored inner bark! This vigorous, fast-growing deciduous tree can be trained as either a single-trunk or multi-trunk tree during cultivation. Its leathery, diamond-shaped dark green leaves turn yellow in the fall.
Height (mature): 40-60 ft.
Width (mature): 40-50 ft.
Bloom Time: April to May
Flower Color: Green/Brown and inconspicuous
Foliage Colors: Green turning yellow in the fall
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Special: Deer resistant, drought tolerant
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