Betula pubescens 'Pendula'
{{Short description|Flowering plant cultivar}}
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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.Beissner, L., Schelle, E. & Zabel, H. (1903). Handbuch der Laubgehöl-Benennung: 625pp. Parey, Berlin. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar.Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. [http://www.dendrologie.be/bdb.php?p=402 Belgische Dendrologie Belge] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322194637/http://www.dendrologie.be/bdb.php?p=402 |date=March 22, 2012 }} 2009: 19–30.
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
References
External links
- {{Kew list|Betula pubescens f. pendula|Betula pubescens f. pendula|accessdate=10 February 2016}}
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