Betula pubescens 'Pendula'

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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

  • Betula pubescens f. pendula Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 53 (1903), nom. nud.

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