Fox Valley® Dwarf River Birch
$39.00 Original price was: $39.00.$11.70Current price is: $11.70.
1000 in stock
SKU: CCCOaVTfGB
Category: In Martha Stewart's Garden
LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun
WATER: Keep soil moist to wet.
SIZE: Moderate growing; reaches 8 to 10 ft. tall and wide in 10 years.
| Description | A dwarf river birch with highly ornamental exfoliating bark, perfect for smaller gardens or wherever space is limited. Excellent pest and disease resistance, and heat tolerance. Ideal in minimal-care landscapes, where the compact, low-branching form works as an accent or in groups to create a natural hedge or screen. Deciduous. |
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| Bloom Time | Inconspicuous; prized for foliage and bark. |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Deciduous |
| Special Features | Attractive Bark, Easy Care, Fall Color, Improved Pest and Disease Resistance, Compact Form |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Very Wet Areas |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Growth Habit | Vase-Shaped |
| Landscape Use | Hedge, Privacy Screen |
| Design Ideas | Plant this highly useful small, broad tree where a miniature form of this widely popular landscape tree is desired. Situate where the highly textured bark character can be viewed, exhibiting colorful patterns of cinnamon-red and pale salmon on trunks and main branches. |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Foliage Fall Color | Yellow |
| Companion Plants | Hydrangea (Hydrangea); Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra); Sweet Flag (Acorus); Sweetspire (Itea); Clethra (Clethra); Artemisia (Artemisia) |
| Care Instructions | Thrives in deep, loamy, slightly acidic, moist but well-drained soil amended with sand or gravel, but highly adaptable. Water deeply, regularly during the first few growing seasons to establish an extensive root system; once established, maintain evenly moist soil. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. |
| History | Selected by Jim King of King Nursery, Oswego, Illinois, for its uniform compact habit, high adaptability to various soils, disease/pest resistance, including excellent resistance to bronze birch borer, and ornamental exfoliating bark that becomes evident at an early age. This is an introduction by Chicagoland Grows®, a nonprofit corporation of the Chicago Botanic Garden, The Morton Arboretum and the Ornamental Growers Association of Northern Illinois (OGA). |
| Lore | Betula nigra ‘Little King’ reportedly does not produce catkins (flowers) as most birch trees do. |