Betula nigra
River Birch

Description

Features:
✓ A good tree for wet ground
✓ Fast-growing, low maintenance
✓ Bushy in habit
✓ Peeling bark all year round
✓ Catkins hang off branches in spring

A bushy, deciduous tree that will reach up to 15m or more in height. A perfect tree for a wet spot, as an alternative to Willow and Alder. It has beautiful peeling bark all year round which is initially reddish-brown turning almost black. In autumn its leaves turn yellow before dropping.

Don't forget to consider:
Tree Stakes to support the tree - buy here.
Tree Belting to secure the tree to the stake supports - buy here.
Tree and Shrub Compost to add a layer of good soil in the planting hole - buy here.
Mycorrhizal fungi to encourage strong, new roots - buy here.