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01-23-2008, 04:04 PM
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Location: Floyd County, IN
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I was searching, but was unsure about the what climate zone/hardiness zone you can grow these trees in?
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01-23-2008, 04:57 PM
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Location: Greenville, SC
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Zones 2-6, although I have seen them in northern VA (zone 7). They did not look so good. The river birches do better there (Dura-heat and Heritage varieties).
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01-24-2008, 10:17 AM
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Location: The mountians of Northern California.
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I live in zone 7 and we have alot of paper birches here in people's yards. I haven't seen many that are more then about 20 years old. They seem to do just fine here. We have freezing winters and hot dry summers.
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01-24-2008, 11:28 AM
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Location: S.E. US
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I believe we've moved into zone 8, and in talking to nursery people they tell me that paper birches don't do well here (not that they *can't* grow), so I think I'll have to settle for river birches. I do like those almost as well.
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01-24-2008, 12:30 PM
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Location: Tennessee
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I have a river birch. I actually think it looks more natural in my area (Tennessee) than a paper birch.
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01-24-2008, 07:34 PM
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Location: N. Central Ohio
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I'm not sure what zone we live in. (We're @ 30 min. south of Lake Erie in north central Ohio.) We have a River Birch planted in a wet part of our yard & it has done quite well.
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01-25-2008, 05:15 AM
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Location: Tennessee
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bjb123
I'm not sure what zone we live in. (We're @ 30 min. south of Lake Erie in north central Ohio.) We have a River Birch planted in a wet part of our yard & it has done quite well.
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You'd probably be in Zone 5B. |
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01-25-2008, 08:38 AM
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Location: N. Central Ohio
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Good to know.
Thanks alleycat. I should remember that. I had no idea there is such a designation as 5b or 5a. I'm just not that well informed re: the zones. Looks like I need to do some snooping around.
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01-25-2008, 11:32 PM
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Location: Floyd County, IN
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bjb123
I'm not sure what zone we live in. (We're @ 30 min. south of Lake Erie in north central Ohio.) We have a River Birch planted in a wet part of our yard & it has done quite well.
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A paper birch would do well in your zone, especially in areas that have a northern exposure. |
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