{"id":2610,"date":"2012-01-12T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2012-01-03T18:38:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T23:38:59","slug":"little-king-birch-for-small-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2012\/01\/12\/little-king-birch-for-small-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Little King’ Birch For Small Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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'Little King' River Birch at Daniel Stowe Bot. Garden in NC<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Little King, aka\u00a0Fox Valley\u2122, (Betula nigra<\/em> ‘Little King’)\u00a0is a\u00a010-12 foot tall shrubby river birch, which fits\u00a0into small landscapes.\u00a0Simple minimal pruning can shape it into a lovely small tree. Little King\u00a0possesses\u00a0the desirable traits of\u00a0 large river birches, including an oft-white exfoliating bark.<\/p>\n

River birch\u00a0exhibits good heat tolerance in the Southeastern U.S. (USDA zones 4-8) and has fewer disease and pest problems than other birches (Betula spp.<\/em>).\u00a0\u00a0Locate a diminutive \u2018Little King\u2019\u00a0adjacent to\u00a0a deck or patio where it can easily viewed by family and guests. Add landscape lighting to\u00a0highlight \u2018Little King\u2019\u00a0either\u00a0in the garden\u00a0or from\u00a0inside your home\u00a0any\u00a0time of the year.<\/p>\n

Grow it in full\u00a0or partial sunlight (6-hours sunlight recommended). River birch is native to moist river bottom lands, and is not fussy about soil type. Soil pH should be slightly acidic to avoid\u00a0pale green or chlorotic\u00a0foliage in late summer from iron or manganese deficiency.<\/p>\n

Availability is limited to specialty nurseries on the internet or through special ordering at your local nursery\/garden center. It has been available since 1991 and more wholesale nurseries are growing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Little King, aka\u00a0Fox Valley\u2122, (Betula nigra ‘Little King’)\u00a0is a\u00a010-12 foot tall shrubby river birch, which fits\u00a0into small landscapes.\u00a0Simple minimal pruning can shape it into a lovely small tree. Little King\u00a0possesses\u00a0the desirable traits of\u00a0 large river birches, including an oft-white exfoliating bark. River birch\u00a0exhibits good heat tolerance in the Southeastern U.S. (USDA zones 4-8) and has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,806,774,627,729,469,630,705,646,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2741,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions\/2741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}