For a wonderful visual interest, try one of the prettiest, fast-growing shade trees available on the market. Heritage Birch tree (Betula nigra 'Cully') grows very fast to provide airy, breezy shade for you and your family.
Heritage Birch can grow very quickly. Young trees can add 3 or 4 feet in a single season!
Heritage is a cultivar of a native River Birch tree with exquisite, peeling, exfoliating bark that is lighter colored than the species. It would do well as a specimen planting for your yard, especially in low areas, or along a pond or stream.
You'll delight in the beautiful tones of creamy white and pink peeling back to expose tan and cinnamon colors. It starts to exfoliate as the trunks reach a 2-3 inch caliber diameter and larger.
The shaggy look is sophisticated, handsome and a bit rugged. It works beautifully with all styles of architecture, from contemporary to traditional. Consider this the perfect accent in a naturalized, rustic setting.
The rough-textured bark certainly makes a wonderful contrast to the shiny, dark green leaves. The rustling, gleaming foliage lofts and sways, catching the slightest breeze. It turns a clear golden-yellow in fall.
Heritage is more insect and disease resistant than other Birch varieties. It's a care-free, hardy tree and an excellent choice for year-round interest in your yard.
Grow them as a single stem plant and they will become narrow and pyramidal in outline. They can also be grown in multiple trunk, clump form plants and the overall outline may be a bit broader than a single stem. Even multiple trunk plants will grow taller than wide.
Using native trees in your landscape design has several benefits. Many types of birds value the Heritage River Birch for nesting, seed and cover. Several butterfly species also value it as a larval food source. But deer tend to leave it alone.
