Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea
Its foliage of broadly elliptic lustrous coppery to deep purple leaves turns copper red in the fall.
Fagus sylvatica purpurea. Fagus sylvatica purpurea tricolor european beech is a beautiful small deciduous tree noted for its striking variegated foliage. The tree is a deciduous tree it will be up to 40 m 131 ft high. The leaves are ovoid and the flowers are reddish. Fagus sylvatica purpurea european beech is a beautiful large deciduous tree with a densely pyramidal to rounded spreading crown.
The tree likes sun to shade at the location and the soil should be sandy loamy to loamy. Long 10 cm emerge purple with pink margins in spring mature to dark bronze green with pinkish white margins as the season progresses. The leaves 4 in. Upon emergence leaves are very purple but they become more green during the growing season.
Fagus sylvatica commonly called european beech is a large deciduous tree typically growing to 50 60 less frequently to 100 tall with a dense upright oval to rounded spreading crown. It is native to woodlands in central and southern europe. It is native to woodlands in central and southern europe. The copper beech is botanically called fagus sylvatica purpurea.