Betula nigra 'Little King' ~ Fox Valley® Dwarf River Birch - Delivered By ServeScape
Betula nigra 'Little King' ~ Fox Valley® Dwarf River Birch-ServeScape
Betula nigra 'Little King' ~ Fox Valley® Dwarf River Birch-ServeScape
Betula nigra 'Little King' ~ Fox Valley® Dwarf River Birch-ServeScape

Betula nigra 'Little King'

Fox Valley® Dwarf River Birch

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Fox Valley River Birch is a dwarf fast-growing native deciduous tree with multiple trunks and irregular crown.  It’s dark green leathery double-toothed leaves turn a respectable yellow in fall, and its attractive bark is an orange-brown that exfoliates at an early age a creamy soft brown interior in winter.  Grows best in rich moist acidic soils.  Fox Valley is one of the most disease-free birches.  Extremely resistant to birch borer and good resistance to leaf spot.

Type: 

Tree

Origins:

Eastern N. America; GA Native

Height: 

8’ - 10’ 

Spread: 

9’ - 12’

Spacing: 

10’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 9

Culture: 

Full SunPart Sun

Bloom Color: 

Brown

Season of Interest: 

Fall, Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low maintenance.  It can take clay and poorly drained soils.  Weakened birches are vulnerable to the bronze birch borer which can be fatal Some susceptibility to aphids, leaf miner and iron chlorosis in high pH soils.

LANDSCAPE USES: Specimen planting or Grove, Wetlands and pondsWoodland GardenNaturalized AreasNative Gardenand Shade Tree.

COMPANION PLANTS: Japanese Spurge, Artemisia, Sweetspire

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Betula nigra Little King 2zzCC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Betula nigra Little King 4zzCC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Betula nigra Little King 3zzCC BY-SA 4.0,(4) Michael RiveraCoastal Georgia Botanical Gardens, Fox Valley Dwarf River Birch betula nigra 'Little King'CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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