Description: This native tree with its breathtaking pale apricot-to-orange bark is a real find for American gardens because it is resistant to the bronze birch borer. It is also a knock-out for winter gardens. Young trees exhibit exfoliating bark in colors ranging from cream to salmon to cinnamon-brown and every sunset shade in between. Later in life, the bark becomes reddish-brown and deeply creased. An adaptable tree found in the wild from Massachusetts to Florida and west to Kansas, it can be grown as multi-stemmed clump or a tree with a single trunk. The summer foliage is deep green and attractive.

Requirements: Prefers moist soil, and in the wild, grows in swampy areas.