Betula nigra Summer Cascade BIRCH 'SUMMER CASCADE'


Plant Characteristics

Exposure
  • Sun
Growth Rate
  • Medium
Flower Color
  • Green
Foliage Color (winter)
  • Brilliant Yellow
Season of Interest (Foliage)
  • Year Round
  • Spring
  • Fall
Plant Introduction
  • Pennsylvania Gold Medal
Best Characteristics
  • Bark Color
  • Bark Texture
  • Growth Habit
Soil Moisture Needs
  • Moist
  • Average
Plant Type
  • Shade Tree
  • Tree
  • Small Tree
Best Usages
  • Under Power Lines
  • Accent Plant
  • Landscape Specimen
  • Near Water Gardens or Ponds
Attributes
  • Specimen
 

Homeowner Growing & Maintenance

Very easy to grow, adapts to most conditions. Feed once a year with a slow release fertilizer. To give your tree the best start possible, we include a free fertilizer packet.

Interesting Notes

Peeling bark creates year round interest in the landscape. A good Birch tree for northern states.

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Betula nigra 'Summer Cascade' PP# 15105

BIRCH 'SUMMER CASCADE'

Summer Cascade® Birch A weeping form of river birch from North Carolina with unique pendulous habit and gracful weeping branches. Will make a large mounding shrub if left untrained. It can be trained to any height by staking and allowed to trial from there. It also has flexible new growth that will lend it to sculpting in any shape for even more creative applications. Makes a nice specimen plant or focal point around water features. This fast-growing plant tolerates wet soils and summer heat.

Height:

6-60 Feet

Spread:

6-10 Feet

Hardiness Zone:

5-9

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2 gallon Potted

SKU: 4201

(1.87 gallons / 7.09 liters)
(18-24 inches tall)
(50 units available - S) Multi-Plant Discount! Standard Package




$29.95

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3 gallon Potted

SKU: 4270

(2.90 gallons / 11.0 liters)
(4-5 ft tall)
(9 units available - S) Multi-Plant Discount! oversize package




$39.95

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