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Tri Color Beech for Summer color and winter bark

February 26, 2019 By Jim 214 Comments

In the past, I have recommended two purple leaf beech trees for residential gardens.  I have already covered the purple fountain beech.  Now, I will cover the Tri-color beech, but with a caveat at the end of this post that may be changing my recommendation. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Plant recommendations Tagged With: beech, Fagus sylvatica "Roseomarginata', purple leaf tree, specimen, tree

Purple Fountain beech as a perfect specimen

October 22, 2018 By Jim 81 Comments

Mature Purple Fountain Weeping Beech

Today, I am, going to recommend you consider an odd specimen tree, the Purple fountain beech.  Yeah even though it's not a native tree and I have bad mouthed Purple leaf Japanese maples in a past post.  I made the argument that green leaf Japanese maples fit into landscapes better than their purple leafed cousins.  I also gave some suggested green leaf varieties. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Plant recommendations Tagged With: fagus sylvatica, purple fountain beech, purple leaf tree, specimen, Weeping

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