Betula pendula ‘Youngii’ AKA Young’s Weeping Silver Birch If you like a tree with a weeping habit, this could be the one for your garden. Slow growing, this specimen is over 100 years old and around 8 metres tall. An added attraction is the characteristic silver birch bark — rough, white, and marked with dark fissures that develop as it matures. Small, heart-shaped dark green leaves turn yellow in autumn, and yellow-brown catkins appear in spring. Fully hardy. Suitable for most soils but best sh