Birch Cultivars P O Box 189 | Boring OR 97009 | 800-825-8202 | www.jfschmidt.com Betula ‘Crimson Frost’ Dark purple foliage and exfoliating white bark with cinnamon highlights Crimson Frost Birch create a striking color contrast. Zone: 4 | Height: 40' | Spread: 30' A graceful hybrid of B. platyphylla Shape: Broadly pyramidal to oval szechuanica and B. pendula Foliage: Burgundy purpurea. Fall Color: Burgundy Betula nigra ‘BNMTF’ Heat resistant, glossy, deep green foliage gives this cultivar a fresh Dura-Heat® Birch look through the heat of the Zone: 6 | Height: 40' | Spread: 30' summer, even in the southern Shape: Broadly U.S. It branches freely, giving pyramidal it better density and a more Foliage: Glossy dark green compact appearance than the Fall Color: Yellow species. Attractive exfoliating bark is a medley of cream and insect Resistance: tan colors. bronze birch borer, Japanese beetle Betula nigra ‘Cully’ A selection of River Birch chosen for its lighter colored bark and Heritage® Birch large, glossy, light green leaves. Zone: 4 | Height: 40' | Spread: 30' The peeling bark exposes mottled Shape: Broadly pyramidal patches of cream, orange and Foliage: Light green, glossy pinkish tan colors. Fall Color: Yellow insect Resistance: bronze birch borer Betula nigra ‘Cully Improved’ This selection of river birch was originally found growing at the J. Heritage® Improved C. Raulston Arboretum. Differs Birch from the original Heritage® with slightly more pyramidal form but Zone: 4 | Height: 40' | Spread: 28' less glossy foliage. Shape: Broadly pyramidal Foliage: Medium green Fall Color: Yellow insect Resistance: bronze birch borer Betula ‘Rockimon’ This vigorous white barked birch is thought to be a hybrid of B. Rocky Mountain pendula and B. occidentalis Splendor™ Birch (B.fontinalis). It originated in the Rocky Mountains where it is cold Zone: 2 | Height: 45' | Spread: 30' hardy. Shape: Broadly pyramidal to oval Foliage: Medium green Fall Color: Yellow insect RESISTANCE: Birch borer resistance indicated by chemical analysis. Betula ‘Penci-2’ A hybrid of Crimson Frost and Whitespire, this tree combines Royal Frost® Birch purple-bronze foliage with an Zone: 4 | Height: 40' | Spread: 25' upright pyramidal growth habit. Shape: Pyramidal It maintains a strong leader and Foliage: Purple-bronze shows better caliper development Fall Color: Yellow-orange to reddish and density than other purple leaf birch. insect RESISTANCE: Japanese beetle Betula nigra ‘Summer Cascade’ PP 15105 This river birch is surprisingly fast growing in the nursery but quickly Summer Cascade Birch matures to a graceful weeping Zone: 5 | Height: 15' | Spread: 20' habit that controls its ultimate Shape: Gracefully weeping size. In winter, it shows off its Foliage: Medium green warm creamy-brown exfoliating Fall Color: Yellow bark. Tolerant of wet soils, it’s the first weeping birch with resistance insect RESISTANCE: bronze birch to the Bronze birch borer. borer Betula utilis ‘Madison’ Selected by Dr. Ed Hasselkus of the University of Wisconsin, the White Satin™ Birch original tree has resisted borers Zone: 4 | Height: 35' | Spread: 20' for nearly 30 years while nearby Shape: Broadly trees have died. Good cold pyramidal to oval hardiness, golden yellow fall Foliage: Dark green color and satin-white bark are Fall Color: Golden yellow additional features of this long- lived, handsome tree. insect RESISTANCE: bronze birch borer Betula populifolia ‘Whitespire Sr.’ Whitespire “Senior” is vegetatively propagated directly from the Whitespire Sr. Birch original, superior tree in Zone: 4 | Height: 40' | Spread: 25' Wisconsin. Shape: Pyramidal to oval Foliage: Dark green glossy leaves Fall Color: Yellow insect Resistance: bronze birch borer, Japanese beetle.