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Flower |
Foliage in June |
Form from Wells in May |
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Plant Name |
Fagus sylvatica Purpurea from Fagaceae Family |
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Common Name |
Copper Beech (Syn. Purple 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 |
Glossy dark purple in the summer, then coppery 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. This and other cultivars are available from Coblands Nurseries Ltd , Hedges Direct and Palmstead Nurseries Ltd. |
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Flowers |
Single Leaf in June |
Hedge from Brenchley in Kent on 14 May |
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