Weeping Birch

About this Weeping Birch

A medium-sized deciduous tree, Betula pendula naturally occurs in Europe and northern Asia at high latitudes, and grows up to 25 m tall. It is cultivated for its slender, drooping branches. Betula produces wind-pollinated catkins before the leaves in early spring, and in autumn its leaves turn a beautiful golden colour.

Betula pendula is planted for ornamental purposes in gardens around the world, due to its graceful hanging branches and striking silvery-white bark. It grows best in a climate cool enough for at least occasional winter snow. Good living collections can be seen at RBGE and the Regional Botanic Gardens of Benmore and Dawyck. In parts of northern Europe the tree is grown for forestry, whilst its brushwood is used in the construction of racecourse jumps. Historically its sap was used in wine production and its bark for tanning leather.

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