Fast Growing, Lovely Dura Heat River Birch TreeFast Growing Shade TreeAttractive Bark Exfoliates to Creamy White, Pink & CinnamonGreen Leaves Turn Butter Yellow in FallGreat Fall Color!Heat Tolerant, Ice Resistant & Urban TolerantBirch Trees that Love the
People just love these beautiful trees! One of the country’s most popular ornamental, deciduous trees, Dura Heat (Betula nigra ‘BNMTF) is a real standout specimen. The unique bark is light-colored and offers an unmatched performance over any other similar tree.
Dura Heat is a wonderful heat-tolerant selection of River Birch, but this new cultivar has better insect and disease resistance than the species. It is a Birch that actually likes the heat and can be grown up into Zone 9, as long as it does not get too dry.
One of the best attributes is the attractive, creamy white bark which peels and exfoliates to expose the pinkish, cinnamon colors of the inner bark. Dura Heats tree bark adds a welcome texture to your landscape.
The leaves are far superior to the species with a deep green summer color and outstanding butter-yellow fall color. Dura Heat has a denser, greener foliage canopy than other Birch and is quite tolerant of hot temperatures, as the name implies. Gentle rustling sounds and kinetic movement from the leaves fluttering in the slightest breeze will refresh you and your guests, even on the hottest summer day.
Dura Heat stands up to Leaf Spot. Give it full sun with moist soil, or add water as needed. Hardy for most all U.S. climate zones, it is fast-growing, well-branched, and both wind and ice-resistant!
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This urban-savvy Birch is fantastic when used in natural, informal groups of odd numbers. They make excellent windbreaks. People often include them in shelterbelts because they grow fast and are easy to grow.
Use as a single accent tree in the lawn. They work beautifully to fill tall and narrow spaces.
The refined, pyramidal form of Dura Heat is fantastic as a single-stem plant. Its wonderful when grown in multiple stem clump forms, also. Try using a mix of both forms for a very natural look.
Create a grouping as a focal point where youll see them from inside your house or on your deck as a vista or view. Plant a loose triangle of three trees 15 20 feet apart on center. Youll measure from the center of one to the center of the next.
Mulch underneath your trees and underplant with Maidenhair Ferns or Purple Wintercreeper, as many professional landscapers do to create incredible visual impact and effect.
Use them in woodland or wetland areas and around man-made water features. Include Dura Heat on the edge of a planned Rain Garden in a natural low spot. Youll capture potentially polluted water runoff from roofs and streets. Plants will filter the water before it reaches storm sewers and local waterways.
Many like to use Dura Heat Birch as street trees too. They are very adaptable to many urban areas, as long as they dont get too dry.
These River Birches love moist, slightly acidic soil, but do adapt to many landscape situations as long as you keep them watered. Standing water can be problematic for their root systems, so if you will use them in a wetter area, mound up when planting by adding 18 24 of soil to the lay of the land. Plant in that mound to protect the root crown from suffocating from lack of oxygen.
Dura Heat can be grown in climates across the United States. Give it a moderate amount of regular water when young, and during extended periods of drought. If they dont get enough water, youll start seeing leaves drop during summer. Give them adequate water for the best performance.
In fall, be sure to give water to build up its store of moisture. Attention to the watering detail is important and if the plants get very dry, especially going into winter, they could see some damage. If you are in an area that is very dry in winter and the ground may not be frozen, Birch will also benefit from winter watering if needed.
Prune later in the spring, just after the plant begins to leaf out to eliminate the late winter sap dripping out of the pruning cuts. Remove crossing branches as needed. Remove lower limbs to raise the height of the canopy as you prefer.
Fertilize with an organic, slow-release formula in early spring. Keep the plants mulched well over the root system to keep them cool and suppress weeds.
Enjoy this beautiful tree. Order yours today, if you see it in stock on the site. We sell out of this desirable variety each year!
Before you buy, make sure you know what youre getting! Single-stem, multi-stem, and shrub forms are different so read a bit about which were currently offering below.
These are plants that have one stem coming from the ground. Plants can also be considered single-stem when lower branches are removed to raise the height of the branching. Sometimes, you will hear a single stem referred to as Tree Form.
These are plants with 2 or more stems planted together in the ground in close proximity to form a clump. There are times when multi-stems are formed by a tree that branches at the soil line with more than one main stem.
These are bushy plants with many stems and branches close to the ground. They are referred to as shrubs or bushes and are often shorter than their tree forms.
This Birch Tree will Sail through Hot SummersBirch trees flourish in cool, northern climates, and Dura Heat River Birch (Betula nigra 'BNMTF') is no exception. But it's also the hands-down choice for regions with hot summers, which makes it both heat- and
Birch trees flourish in cool, northern climates, and Dura Heat River Birch (Betula nigra ‘BNMTF’) is no exception. But it’s also the hands-down choice for regions with hot summers, which makes it both heat- and cold-tolerant! As an improved cultivar of the native species, Dura Heat River Birch also offers a delightfully surprising way to attract more backyard butterflies.
Superior Breeding Yields a Spectacular Tree
Better heat tolerance is only one quality of Dura Heat River Birch trees. Other top-ranked qualities include:
Beautiful bark.. Mature trees develop exfoliating bark, which is characteristic of the species, adding a textural look that becomes even more beautiful with age. As the outer bark becomes shaggy, curly flakes will peel off to reveal the white bark underneath. Even this inner bark of Dura Heat River Birch is rated better than other birches ‘ a creamy-white color that offers a striking contrast against the reddish-brown outer bark.
Fast growth. Dura Heat River Birch is a vigorous grower — at the rate of up to 3 feet each year! You won’t have to wait a lifetime to enjoy the many benefits this tree will bring to your landscape.
Pest and disease resistance. Other birch trees are susceptible to pests that can cause devastating damage, such as the dreaded birch borer, and diseases, such as verticillium. But Dura Heat River Birch has been bred with a tougher constitution that fortifies it against the onslaught of these pests.
Doesn’t mind wet feet. “Wet feet” is a botanical term describing the condition of a plant’s roots staying wet, which most plants can’t handle without suffering root rot. But Dura Heat River Birch actually thrives in wet soils. Plant it beside a stream bank, in a rain garden (where water collects after rainfalls), or in a well-irrigated section of your landscape.
Butterfly Habitat
Female butterflies are particular about which plants they choose as hosts where they deposit their eggs, because when the hungry caterpillars hatch, they’re ready to start eating lots of leaves. Dura Heat River Birch is a host plant for many butterfly species, such as the Mourning Cloak, Dreamy Duskywing, and Tiger Swallowtail. And even after the leaves turn a delicious shade of butter-yellow in autumn and ultimately fall from the trees, the shaggy bark provides a protective winter habitat for hibernating butterflies. So plant Dura Heat River Birch trees not only for the beauty they’ll bring to your landscape but also for their incomparable value as a butterfly habitat!
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