Betula nigra 'Shiloh Splash'

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Pseudo Eau Claire, WI(Zone 4a) Jun 12, 2015

Anyone have experience with this variegated River Birch? This tidbit from Buchholz & Buchholz: "A green and white variegated small tree or large shrub. The dazzling leaves are entertaining in summer, and the exfoliating cream to peach colored bark adds winter interest. Prefers full sun in well-drained soil. 8' tall x 4' wide in 10 years. Hardy to -30 degrees. USDA zone 4."

Entertaining? Can't say I've ever read that word in a plant description before. I wonder what it does to entertain? Well, if mimes are entertainers, then I suppose a River Birch could be as well. What I'm really wondering is how it holds up under actual Midwest garden conditions. We're having more of a Great Britain spring, but this has to end at some point and then we'll be back to a typical grinding Midwest summer.

Does the bark compare favorably to B. n. 'Fox Valley'? Is reversion an issue? Does anyone really believe it will be '8 x 4' after 10 years? I mean, c'mon!

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jun 13, 2015

I'll hunt up my May 2015 images of really healthy and vigorous specimens at the Boone County Arboretum in Burlington KY.

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Pseudo Eau Claire, WI(Zone 4a) Jun 13, 2015

That would be great -- thanks. We've got a 'Fox Valley', but thinking of adding this one. A veritable echo effect if you will. Listen to me, I sound like Penelope Hobhouse. I need a plant addiction group intervention.

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Pistil Lake Stevens, WA(Zone 8a) Jun 13, 2015

We here can intervene to make you MORE like her. But perhaps that's not what you meant...

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Pseudo Eau Claire, WI(Zone 4a) Jun 13, 2015

It's not what I meant, but maybe it's what I should've meant. :)

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Mipii (Robin) Blissfield, MI(Zone 6a) Jun 29, 2015

Lol Pistil, you are a pistol too...
Ha ha, I like it.

Pseudo, you're doing great, continuity is good. That's really hard to accomplish when you really want at least one of everything.

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