''Betula pubescens'' 'Pendula', or Weeping Downy Birch, is a
weeping tree
Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs. This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepyness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars. Because of their ...
and a
cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
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
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
.
[Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. ]
Belgische Dendrologie Belge
'' 2009: 19–30.
Description
A
weeping tree
Weeping trees are trees characterized by soft, limp twigs. This characterization may lead to a bent crown and pendulous branches that can cascade to the ground. While weepyness occurs in nature, most weeping trees are cultivars. Because of their ...
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.
References
External links
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pubescens 'Pendula'
Weeping trees
Extinct cultivars
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