- Eventual Height: 25m
- Eventual Spread: 15m
Price Pruned
Copper Beech - Hedging Range
Fagus sylvatica Atropurpurea Group
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: tolerant of a wide range of well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: quite fast-growing
- Flowering period: April to May
- Flower colour: insignificant separate male and female flowers
- Other features: makes an impressive purple-foliaged hedge
- Hardiness: very hardy
A splendid tree with purple leaves that turn a rich copper in autumn. As a tree it is only suited to large gardens or parks, grown as specimens in the lawn. However, it does make a superb hedge, retaining the brown leaves through winter and only loosing them when the new foliage appears in spring. It will make a lovely formal hedge that also acts as an excellent windbreak.
- Garden care: Requires minimal pruning if grown as a tree, removing any broken, diseased or crossing branches in late autumn or winter. Trim as a hedge in August, but any renovative pruning needs to be done in early spring. When planting incorporate lots of well-rotted garden compost in the planting hole and stake firmly.
- Goes well with: Salix exigua, Eryngium giganteum, Artemisia absinthium 'Lambrook Silver', Hemerocallis 'Marion Vaughn', Achillea filipendulina 'Gold Plate', Hosta 'Halycon', Verbena bonariensis, Origanum 'Kent Beauty'
