The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Vienna™ weeping European hornbeam

Family: Betulaceae (birch family)

Distribution: Species native to Europe and w. Asia

Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: A beautiful large, deciduous, weeping cultivar, whose form has been described as "elegant." Gray branches add winter interest. Small oval, dark-green, ribbed leaves. This selection is slow to build its weeping form but worth the wait. After many years it can attain 30-40' high and 60' wide. Fall color is yellow. Best used as a specimen.