Fagus sylvatica Purpurea
Purple Copper Beech

Description

Features:
✓ Large, slow-growing tree
✓ Elegant, spreading branches
✓ Purple leaves that turn copper in autumn and take a while to fall
✓ Bears spikey nuts called 'masts' in autumn
✓ Can be clipped as a hedge where the leaves hold alot longer

Beech are large, semi-native trees that make excellent park and woodland trees, reaching up to 35m in height and spread and living for up to 400 years! Purple Beech have masses of lush, purple leaves dominating the tree during spring and summer, then they turn to copper in autumn, before dropping. In unexposed sites leaves remain on the tree throughout winter and fall when new growth pushes through in spring. In autumn nut-like fruits called Beech masts develop and are devoured by many wildlife species including deer, squirrels and birds. They tolerate most soil types and situations, except very wet and shallow.

Don't forget to consider:
Tree Stakes to support the tree - buy here.
Tree Belting to secure the tree to the stake supports - buy here.
Tree and Shrub Compost to add a layer of good soil in the planting hole - buy here.
Mycorrhizal fungi to encourage strong, new roots - buy here.