The river birch, Betula nigra, is a bit of a black sheep. While it has many of the same visual characteristics of other birch trees, it is unique in many ways too. Typically, birch trees do best in the cooler climates of the northern United States — not so with the river birch. The river […]
Month: May 2016
Picture, if you will, a quiet street in Anytown, USA. The milkman is making his rounds, the kids are swinging from a tire, and moms and dads are working in their gardens. The manicured lawns run up to picket fences, and beyond those are sidewalks. Those sidewalks are shaded by the broad leaves of familiar […]