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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

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

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

Synonymy

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

References

  1. ^ Govaerts, R., Michielsen, K. & Jablonski, E. (2011). Untraced weeping broadleaf cultivars: an overview. Belgische Dendrologie Belge 2009: 19-30.