The Living Urn® ships now; 2-4' Premium River Birch Tree will ship separately within 5-10 days from your order fresh from our nursery and ready to plant. Please contact us if you need your tree sooner or by a certain date.. Everything you need to grow a living memory: Our Patented BioUrn® RootProtect® Proprietary Soil Additive Aged Wood Chips Step-By-Step Planting Instructions 2-4 Foot Premium River Birch Tree Questions? Check out our FAQ Page. River Birch cannot be shipped to AK and HI due to state restrictions. About As its name suggests, the River Birch naturally grows along river banks. But as a landscape tree, it can be planted almost anywhere in the U.S. The River Birch has become a favorite and popular landscape tree because of its distinctive peeling, cinnamon-colored bark, and graceful crown. This beautiful species displays wondrous spreading limbs and year-round color standing out in the Fall and Winter. The species is also valued for its relatively rapid growth, tolerance of wetness and drought, and resistance to birch borer and deer. In 2002, one of its cultivars was even named the Urban Tree of the Year by the Society of Municipal Arborists. Wildlife Its small but plentiful seeds are appreciated by a wide range of songbirds. The catkins of the River Birch are used by redpolls and pine siskins. The foliage is eaten by deer and other browsers. // //
