The ornamental weeping beech tree grows into a wide, weeping mass of green foliage, 10 to 15 meters tall. Branches normally grow up, sag to the horizontal, then sweep toward the ground in a graceful fashion. This can produce a tree wider than tall.
The weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’) has an impressive appearance. It is a cultivar of the European beech, which is native to Central and Southern Europe.
The soft bark of the weeping beech is smooth and gray. Inflorescence with small, inconspicuous flower catkins are followed by 1 to 2 cm large nuts in a bristled capsule. The oval to ovate leaves are shiny dark green and 4 to 10 cm in size. In autumn the leaves turn yellow.