A spreading dwarf Beech with twisted and contorted branches and purple leaves.
Plant Type
All Plants, Trees Deciduous
Hardiness Zone
5
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average
Soil & Site
average
Leaves
purple
Stems
twisted and contorted branches, pendulous at their ends,
Propagation
seed which about 60% true to form
Cultivar Origin
Discovered in Trompenburg Arboretum, France about 1845.
Author's Notes
I have seen this type of Beech growing at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens for many years. A great specimen plant.
Notes & Reference
#1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr)
#01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson)