Acer negundo 'Pendulum'

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Acer negundo 'Pendulum'
GenusAcer
SpeciesAcer negundo
Cultivar'Pendulum'
OriginGermany

Acer negundo 'Pendulum', or weeping boxelder maple, is a weeping tree and a cultivar of Acer negundo, the boxelder maple. It was first described by Fritz Kurt Alexander von Schwerin in 1896. No trees are known to survive of this cultivar.

Description[edit]

A weeping tree without a true leader and with perpendicular branches forming an umbrella shape. When top grafted it looks similar to Fraxinus excelsior 'Pendula'.

Accessions[edit]

This cultivar does not seem to have been cultivated outside Germany. No trees are known to survive.

Synonymy[edit]

  • Acer negundo pendulum Schwer.(1896) [1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced weeping broadleaf cultivars: an overview. Belgische Dendrologie Belge Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine 2009: 19-30.