Looking to root your boggy backyard? Look no further than this exciting rare native: the bog birch is a colony-forming, dense shrub native to wetlands. Blooming monoeciously April to May in chunky male catkins and female aments on a beautiful reddish lenticil-speckled wood, amongst tough glossy leaves that turn yellow-red in fall. Not deer resistant.
- Secondary Name:
- Bog Birch
- Plant Type:
- Deciduous Shrubs
- Hardiness Zone:
- ZONE 2
- Native:
- North East/Great Lakes
- Sun Exposure:
- SUN
- Ultimate Spread:
- SP 8'
- Ultimate Plant Height:
- HT 4-12"
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