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BETULA pendula 'Purpurea'
Purple Silver Birch

BETPENPUR_1

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:: Betulaceae :: BETULA :: pendula :: 'Purpurea'
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Main asset

Visible bark in winter, light foliage.

Remarks

Behaves better in ground staying humid in summer.

Tree of cylindrical or conical shape, with a purple-white cracked bark at the base on older trees. Thin flexible branches, often pendant. Diamond-shaped leaves, purple turning yellow in autumn. Yellow-brown catkins in March.

  • Uses: Specimen, alignments

Global caracteristics:

  • Type of foliage: deciduous
  • Habit: weeping
  • Height: 10 m x 3 m (30 ft x 10 ft)
  • Growth: medium to fast
  • Flowering period: March

Shape and colours:

  • Couleur du bois : white craked
  • Foliage shape: diamond-shaped
  • Foliage colour: purple
  • Foliage colour in autumn: yellow
  • Flowers shape: Catkins

Plantation:

  • Soil type: not too dry
  • Exposure: sun, part-shade
  • Hardiness: - 35 °C (-31 °F - USDA zone 3b)