Fagus sylvatica (Atropurpurea Group) 'Purpurea Pendula'
weeping copper beech
Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula' creates an enchanting focal point with its mushroom-shaped form and gracefully weeping purple branches. This compact...
12 litre pot | 1.2 - 1.5m tall
£219.99
available to order from late summer
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Plant description
Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula' creates an enchanting focal point with its mushroom-shaped form and gracefully weeping purple branches. This compact ornamental beech bears small, inconspicuous flower catkins in late spring, and develops into a small tree with cascading limbs revealing smooth silver bark in winter. Its wavy purple leaves emerge tipped in red, turning coppery bronze in fall. Requiring little care, the petite stature and refined habit make this fabulous native tree ideal for small gardens wanting unique structure and colourful foliage.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
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Plant features
Position
Full sun / light shade
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Fagus sylvatica (Atropurpurea Group) Purpurea Pendula:
Remove any broken, diseased or crossing branches in late autumn or winter. When planting incorporate lots of well-rotted garden compost in the planting hole and stake firmly.
Please note:
This tree is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
