On Apr 7, 7:11*am, wrote:
Hi group,

We ordered two trees from a local landscaping company who also
installed them for us. *We didn't know of the variety of these two
trees. *We showed them pictures that we took of the trees we liked.
We were naive thinking that since they are the expert they would know
to select the right trees. *The first one was a river birch with lots
of peeling barks. *The one we got had a tag which says "river birch
triple clumps" and does not have much peeling barks. *We googled
"river birch triple clumps" but couldn't find anything about it. *The
second one was a kousa dogwood with 2"+ flowers/bracts. *The tree that
was delivered to us has very tiny flowers like 1/2"

Any info you can give us regarding river birch triple clumps and/or
kousa dogwood with very small flower bracts? *Thanks so much for your
help.

Sincerely
A.

I'm assuming the pictures you took were of trees already well-
established in gardens? The appearance of a tree well-established and
with some maturity will often look quite different from the same
selection in a nursery setting or a brand new young specimen. Like
teenage kids, they tend to grow into themselves and develop all their
attributes with age......it's not an immediate thing :-)

Clump birches are often "created" by the grower - they take multiple
saplings and plant them together in the same container or planting
hole, so they grow as if they were a multi-trunked tree. It's quite
common, as multi-trunked trees do not occur that way naturally with
great frequency. And all birches develop their bark features with
age.

Kousas also grow in to their flower size - most will produce quite
large bracts (2" is pretty modest, really) but again they require time
to establish and mature. The pink flowering selections do tend to have
slightly smaller flowers compared to the whites.

You just need some patience :-) If the trees are healthy, well-formed
and planted well under the proper conditions, they will eventually
grow into what you expect.