A slow growing and exceptionally beautiful weeping type of hornbeam that is unjustifiably little used. 'Pendula' is grafted onto a lower trunk of C. betulus. The height of the graft determines the eventual height of this solitary tree. The branches start off by growing straight downwards and later grow more in the width so that a half-rounded parasol shape is formed. The tree will easily reach a breadth of 4 - 5 m. Young twigs are grey; older branches and the trunk are dark grey and remarkably smooth. The leaves are a fresh green colour in the spring. The leaf has a sharply double serrated edge and the leaf top tapers to a point. The whole tree turns colour to golden yellow in the autumn. There are no flowers and therefore no fruit. Root growth is relatively close to the surface. The rotted leaves are good soil improvers.
Carpinus betulus 'Pendula' môže dorastať do výšky approx. 4 m, depending on the height of the graft v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Carpinus betulus 'Pendula' rastie priemerne rastúci a môže dorastať do výšky approx. 4 m, depending on the height of the graft v závislosti od podmienok stanovišťa a klímy.
Listy stromu Carpinus betulus 'Pendula' sa na jeseň sfarbia do žltá."
Správny čas na výsadbu stromu je mimo vegetačné obdobie. V strednej Európe môže byť Carpinus betulus 'Pendula' so zemným balom vysadený od polovice novembra do konca apríla, avšak závisí to veľmi od klimatických podmienok a druhu stromu.