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T-shirt winner: Matt Clark, Bahama, NC

Common Name:
Weeping River Birch

Scientific Name: 
Betula nigra 'Summer Cascade'

This tree is known for its attractive, peeling bark and it the only one of the birches that will grow from the mountains to the coast in NC.

Habit: if untrained, the plant forms a mounded shrub or small tree with successive layers of arching branches

Foliage: arrowhead-shaped, green leaves that turn a bright yellow in the Fall

Growth: 20-25 ft.

Culture:

• full sun
• well-drained soil

Other:

• grows well near water
• makes a great specimen tree to accent the landscape