Are we sure about River Birch?

[@cincytropics]

I've always said that! Also Japanese crabapple ALWAYS look burned up in July and August but landscapers continue to plant them

[@justhereforthefoliage]

Good point! What to do, what to do lol?!

[@cincytropics]

@@justhereforthefoliage more magnolia, crape myrtle, and sabal minor!

[@justhereforthefoliage]

@@cincytropics Needle Palm for everyone lol!

[@subtropicalohioplants267]

River birch trees are definitely better suited for growing along river valleys and streams, where they thrive within their native range. They are also resistant to the (native) bronze birch borer, which devastates heat and drought-stressed white-barked birch in Europe and Asia. Whereas the river birch are losing some leaves in these conditions, the non-native species would be completely wiped out.

[@justhereforthefoliage]

Funny, a tree with river in its name that should live near a river. Yet we plant them upriver in dried out areas lol!