(European Beech, Tricolored Beech)

With its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. A spectacular cultivar that originated in Germany about 1880, 'Purpurea Tricolor' is a cloud of pink in mid-spring when its purple, broadly pink-margined leaves emerge. The purple and pink hues fade by summer. Leaves turn bronzy tints in fall. Inconspicuous flowers in spring sometimes give rise to bristly capsules that ripen to...

(European Beech, Oak-leaved European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Introduced in the nineteenth century, the cultivar 'Quercifolia' has leaves that are lobed in somewhat oak-like fashion. Shimmering golden-green in spring, they become dark green in summer and yellow, orange and bronze in fall. Inconspicuous flowers in spring give rise to bristly green capsules that ripen to tan in late...

(European Beech, Purple Beech)

With its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Introduced before 1870, the cultivar 'Riversii' has glossy oval wavy-edged leaves that emerge metallic purple, mature to dark greenish purple by summer, and turn coppery gold in autumn. Inconspicuous flowers in spring give rise to bristly capsules that ripen to tan in late summer and fall. They contain one to three edible nuts...

(European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Originating in 1888 from a cross of 'Purpurea Latifolia' and 'Quercifolia', 'Rohanii' has beautiful foliage which marries the purple coloration of the former with the lobing of the latter.The glossy oval leaves emerge metallic purple, mature to dark greenish purple by summer, and turn coppery gold in autumn. Inconspicuous...

(European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Named for its small circular leaves, the cultivar 'Rotundifolia' is also notable for its dense compact rounded habit. Emerging before those of most other European beeches, the glossy, elliptic, wavy-edged leaves are luminescent light green when new, dark green in summer, and rich gold or bronze in autumn. Inconspicuous...

(European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. The purple spring leaves of the cultivar 'Spaethiana' are smaller and darker than those of the famous 'Riversii', and remain purple longer. They also emerge and drop a week or two later. The leaves are deep glossy metallic purple in spring, mature to dark greenish purple in summer, and turn coppery gold in autumn. Inconspicuous...

(European Beech, Tricolor European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. A weak-growing cultivar introduced before 1870 and rarely found today, 'Tricolor' has elliptic wavy-edged leaves that are green with pink margins in spring before fading to white in summer. The tree commonly known as tricolor beech is actually 'Purpurea Tricolor', also known as 'Roseomarginata'.

Tough and reliable,...

(European Beech)

Cherished for its smooth gray bark, elegant deciduous foliage, stately habit, and adaptability, European beech has long been a garden favorite on its native continent and elsewhere. Bearing soft yellow spring leaves that emerge weeks before those of most other European beeches, 'Zlatia' was discovered in Serbia about 1890. The relatively large, wave-edged, elliptic leaves become bright green in summer and yellow in autumn. Inconspicuous flowers in spring give rise to bristly capsules that ripen to...

(Copper Beech, European Beech, Purple Beech)

The copper beech is a stately slow-growing deciduous tree native to central Europe eastward into the Caucus Mountains. Bronze-purple leaves emerge in the spring and become a lustrous muted purple by summer and then a rich coppery-bronze in autumn.

This magnificent specimen tree with its smooth silver-gray bark is an excellent choice for use in large open areas. Adapted to a wide variety of soil types, copper beech performs best in acidic to neutral soils. This stately tree casts heavy shade and...

(European Beech)

Dwarf, naturally occurring forms of European Beech with twisted, gnarled, contorted branches, these trees are the stuff of haunted castles and griffins' lairs. Radiating from a stubby, crooked trunk, the zigzagging branches wander outward and downward, forming a domed crown. The glossy, elliptic, wavy-edged leaves are luminescent light green when new, dark green in summer, and rich gold or bronze in autumn. In winter, the gothic labyrinth of bare branches makes a striking sight. Inconspicuous flowers...