Betula pubescens 'Pendula' explained

Betula pubescens 'Pendula'
Genus:	Betula
Species:	Betula pubescens
Cultivar:	'Pendula'
Origin:	Germany

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.^[1] No trees are known to survive of this cultivar.^[2]

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.^[2]

References

1. Beissner, L., Schelle, E. & Zabel, H. (1903). Handbuch der Laubgehöl-Benennung: 625pp. Parey, Berlin.
2. Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced Weeping Broadleaf cultivars: an overview. Belgische Dendrologie Belge 2009: 19–30.