Purple Fountain Beech
Height: 25 ft
Width: 12 ft
Fall Color: Purple
Purple Fountain Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’
Tree Overview:
The purple fountain beech is a deciduous, columnar, dark-leaved tree with bronze-purple, wavy margined leaves and cascading branches. Leaves become more green as summer wears on. It can be used as a specimen tree or for pleaching. It is similar to the purple weeping beech but is much more columnar. Fall color is yellow, then orange-brown.
Height: 25 ft
Width: 12 ft
Fall Color: Purple
Care details
Grow in full sun (for best purple color) or partial shade and most any soil type as long as it is well-drained. Water deeply, regularly during first few growing seasons to establish an extensive root system; once established, reduce the frequency, continuing with deep waterings.
Leaf/needle description
Deep purple foliage color with weeping branches.
Fruit, cone, nut, and seed descriptions
Plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
