Betula, River Birch 'Fox Valley'

This is a comment on the nomenclature posted to this page. This cultivar should be listed as Betula nigra 'Little King' Fox Valley(R)....Read Morer />
Fox Valley is the registered trademark.

A dwarf river birch.

Like the species, it is resistant to bronze birch borer and tolerates more summer heat than the whit...Read Moree-barked birches. Like the species, the exfoliating bark is pale, creamy and pinkish.

It is a handsome smaller version of the River Birch that gets 10 to 15 feet high, which is still rather small for a tree. It is marketed ...Read Moreby Chicgoland Grows. It was first discovered by Jim King in his large, diverse nursery called King Nursery that was in Montgomery, Illinois, in the Fox River Valley of Kane County, south of Aurora.

I planted an 8 ft Fox Valley River Birch last August. It is beautiful and doing well as it has grown to almost 13 feet, but I notice the ...Read Moresmall branches growing from the middle of several trunks seem to be drooping. Is this because of the seed pods that may be weighing down the thin young branches??