Dakota Pinnacle Birch is beginning to make a statement in landscapes across the Upper Midwest. Slender and upright in it’s form, and very uniform in growth habit, Dakota Pinnacle Birch is extremely hardy, thriving in climate zones 3 to 7 and tolerant of many soil types including those with alkaline pH. Growing quickly to a mature size of 30′-35′ tall by 8′-10′ wide, Pinnacle becomes an eye catching feature of the landscape as its bark changes from brown in youth to a striking white.
This nice hybrid birch can serve as a focal point specimen tree, or being clumped with 3-5 trees close together, or in a grove of randomly scattered individuals. It is a perfect tree for narrower spaces where you want a tree, but a larger one just won’t work. In just 3 to 5 years, a modest sized Dakota Pinnacle Birch will develop into a lovely tree. Pinnacle has been touted as having better resistance to birch borer than other white bark birch varieties, but we still recommend a once a year, one minute treatment with the systemic insecticide, Imidacloprid. Imidacloprid is now widely available under a variety of name brand labels. It’s very easy to apply. Pour a few ounces in a 5 gallon pail, add a couple of gallons of water, and pour the solution onto the soil within 12 inches of the trunk. The tree roots will absorb the protection and send it throughout the tree.
We gave Dakota Pinnacle Birch available in containers – single stem and some in clump form.
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Do you carry white birch trees.. if so what sizes and prices I am from Waseca..
We carry a wide variety of birch trees – Whitespire, Paper Birches, River Birches, Dakota Pinnacle (great white bark) in several sizes and price points. We are in the midst of our fall sale right now and everything is 30% off and some things are at 50% off.