Family: Betulaceae
Scientific Name: Betula nigra Shiloh Splash
Common Name: Shiloh Splash River Birch
Description | A variegated variety of the River Birch. Grown as a small tree or large shrub. |
Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
Hardiness Zone | 4 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average, moist, avoid dry |
Soil & Site | average, moist prefers acidic, may suffer from chlorosis in alkaline soils |
Fruit | small nutlets in pendulous catkins, tiny seeds |
Leaves | serrated, triangular, green with white margin |
Stems | exfoliating white bark, brown under layer |
Dimensions | 10-30 by 8-16 feet (HS), slow growth rate |
Propagation | PP16,362 |
Cultivar Origin | John and Danny Allen at Shiloh Nursery USA, 1999, as a branch mutation |
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