Heritage® River Birch

Heritage® River Birch

Betula nigra Heritage® ('Cully')

An ornamental birch with attractive exfoliating bark and graceful canopy, valued for multi-season interest in residential and naturalized landscapes.

  • Upright, oval to rounded habit
  • Oval, serrated leaves are dark green in the summer, yellow in the fall
  • Salmon-pink to reddish-brown bark exfoliates to reveal a creamy-white bark
  • An excellent specimen, it has a whiter bark than others of the species
  • Commonly used for screening (privacy), specimen
  • Grows best in full sun to partial shade
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Wet, Average, Well-drained
Hardiness Zone
4 – 4
Mature Height (meters)
18.0 – 20.0
Mature Spread (meters)
16.0 – 18.0
Growth Rate
Fast
Foliage Colour
Green
Fall Colour
Yellow
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Upright
Deer Resistant
✓
Rabbit Resistant
✓
Pollinator Friendly
✓
Attracts Birds
✓
Landscape Uses
Screening, Accent
Growing & Maintenance Tips
One of the most disease and insect-free birches. Use as a specimen or in small groupings in any landscape, and in particular for wet soils along ponds, streams or in low spots.It can be grown as a single-stemmed specimen or multi-stemmed tree. 'Heritage' is known for its creamy-white inner bark. Its dark green leaves with double-toothed margins are larger and glossier than the species.

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