Plant Name

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Fagus sylvatica Purpurea from Fagaceae Family

Common Name

Copper Beech (Syn. Purple Beech)

Soil

All Soils

Sun Aspect

Full Sun or Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Deciduous Tree

Height x Spread in feet

80 x 50

Foliage

Glossy dark purple in the summer, then coppery in the autumn

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

Red Female Flower, Brown Male Flower in May followed by Brown Masts

Comment

Rounded to broadly spreading form. Pruning Group 1.

This and other cultivars are available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd , Hedges Direct and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd.

Hedges Direct is completely dedicated to hedges - in all sizes from 30cm to 3m - growing and selling bare root hedging, cell grown plants, pot grown shrubs or root ball plants, which are evergreen or deciduous.

Elveden Instant Hedging is available from Practicality Brown Ltd.