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Betula nigra Summer Cascade

Summer Cascade Birch: Patent PP15105

A focal point for the landscape with graceful weeping branches and oval, serrated, dark green leaves.

  • »  Weeping to prostrate growth habit
  • »  Oval, serrated leaves are dark green in the summer, bright yellow in the fall
  • »  Salmon-pink to reddish-brown bark exfoliates to reveal a lighter, inner bark
  • »  Can be trained to form a tree form, or left natural as a mounding spreader

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  • Category:Trees
  • Hardiness Zone:4
  • Height:2-3 m
  • Spread:2-3 m
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
• Moist to Wet Soils
• Moist to Average
• Well-drained
Growth Rate
• Fast
Critter
• Deer Resistant
Attributes
• Deciduous
• Fall Color
Habit
• Spreading
• Trailing
• Upright
• Weeping
Foliage Color
• Green
Landscape uses
• Rock garden
• Specimen
Planting instructions
• Container Plants
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Betula nigra 'Summer Cascade'

Summer Cascade birch can tolerate wet conditions, provided the soil has adequate drainage. Creative staking and pruning will add to its unique growth characteristic, and  expose its showy exfoliating bark. One of the most disease-free birches. An excellent single-stemmed specimen near water or a wet area.