Betula pendula European Birch Weeping Birch
Betula pendula
European White Birch
Weeping Birch
A slender tree with a crown of weeping small branches perfect for cluster plantings or singular, as well as bonsai culture. White papery bark peels much like paperbark birch. Pale green triangles of leaves turn yellow in the fall. The tree is a certain attraction in Winter and Summer. Full Sun to part Shade. Hardy to Zone 2
Fun Facts:
- Native to Europe, Russia and Siberia and widely planted in Canada and throughout the US
- Commonly grown as ornamental specimens
- This tree is Finland's National Tree
- Indeed the Druids of ancient Britain considered it to have sacred powers of renewal and purification, with twigs used to drive out spirits of the old year
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