It can grow in every soil type
Light pruning helps maintain its shape and encourages fresh red growth
bringing brightness and colour to winter gardens
It needs to be sheltered from harsh winds
Betula pendula Youngii | Young’s Weeping Birch - 300-350cm, 130lt Apple It can grow in everyBetula pendula Youngii is a smaller form of the common silver birch with distinguished weeping habit. It has long, elegant, pendulous branches with triangular, serrated, mid green leaves that turn warm yellow in autumn, and lovely white bark, especially in winter. It was found as a chance seedling and introduced in 1874, by Maurice Young nursery, from Surrey, England. Betula pendula Youngii is easily grown in any type of soil, but prefers moist, well