Betula pubescens 'Pendula'


Betula pubescens 'Pendula', or Weeping Downy Birch, is a weeping tree and a cultivar of Betula pubescens, the Downy Birch. It was first described by Schelle in 1903. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar.

Description

A weeping tree with a leader and with pendulous branches.

Accessions

Very little is known of this cultivar and it never seems to have been widely cultivated.

Synonymy

  • Betula pubescens f. pendula Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 53, nom. nud.