If you can't "learn to live with them," Neil Sperry suggests a ground cover that makes mowing around them unnecessary ...

Like other trees, the river birch can experience certain types of disease. It can get root rot due to armillaria ... damage from pests as well. Want more design inspiration? Join our free ...

While we may not all be lucky enough to have a stunning native tree pop up in our yard, we can get pretty close to that same sense of effortless landscaping by choosing a bare root tree.