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Female Flower from Queensdown Warren in Kent on 13 May |
Foliage. Photo from Read of Coblands Nurseries Ltd. |
Form from Borough Green in the Autumn |
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Plant Name |
Fagus sylvatica from Fagaceae Family |
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Common Name |
Common Beech |
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Soil |
All Soils |
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Sun Aspect |
Full Sun or Part Shade |
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Soil Moisture |
Moist |
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Plant Type |
Deciduous Tree |
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Height x Spread in feet |
80 x 50 |
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Foliage |
Silky-haired pale green juvenile becomes glossy dark green in the summer, then yellow to orange-brown in the autumn |
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Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit |
Red Female Flower, Brown Male Flower in May followed by Brown Masts |
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Comment |
Rounded to broadly spreading form. Pruning Group 1. Remaining photos from Ron and Christine Foord. This and other cultivars are available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd , Hedges Direct and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd. |
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Flowers from Queensdown Warren on 13 May |
Juvenile Foliage in Queensdown Warren on 27 April |
Foliage |
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Male Flower from Queensdown Warren on 13 May |
Male Flower from Queensdown Warren on 13 May |
Autumn Foliage at Borough Green in Kent |
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Form from Sevenoaks in the Winter |
Copse Form from Dartmoor in May |
Fomes fomentaria on trunk from Knole Park in Kent |
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Mast Cupules in August |
Mast (Nutlet) from Toys Hill in Kent |
Hedge in April |
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