| Description | Weeping Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea pendula) A Weeping purple leaf Beech |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (FA-gus)(sil-VAT-i-ka) |
| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, avoid wet areas and compact soil |
| Soil & Site | prefers well drained, average |
| Flowers | inconspicuous, monoecious, male and female flowers separate on the same tree |
| Fruit | triangular nut enclosed in a spiky 4-lobes involucre, contains 2 nuts |
| Leaves | simple, toothed, lobed, wavy, bronze purple in the spring |
| Dimensions | roughly 10 feet, slow growing, size can depend on where the plant is top grafted |
| Propagation | grafting |
| Cultivar Origin | Name first published in Germany in 1865. |
| Misc Facts | Fagus [genus name] is derived from Greek phegos (beech) or phago- (eating) component, and is the Latin name for 'beech tree'. Sylvatica means 'wild, of or from woods or forests". (#145) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson), #145-Plant Lives (Sue Eland) www.plantlives.com |
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