Purple Fountain Beech
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-7
- Spacing: 15'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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Purple Fountain Weeping Beech is a bold yet elegant accent tree that lends an air of sophistication to the landscape along with an infusion of rich, regal purple color. Growing more magnificent each year, this living sculpture will become the showpiece of your garden. Purple Fountain Beech naturally maintains a single central leader that ascends skyward while its side branches weep strongly, resulting in a gracefully shaped tree slim enough to use in foundation plantings, courtyards, and modestly sized urban lots. This choice specimen is the kind of tree you’ll want to design your whole landscape around!
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 5-7
- Spacing: 15'
- Exposure: Sun/Part Shade
- Deer Resistant: Yes
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The Story
Purple Fountain Beech originated as a seedling of another weeping purple Beech tree, ‘Purpurea Pendula,’ which was found in Germany in the 1860s. The new seedling differed from the mother plant in that it developed a leader on its own (no staking needed) and grew two to three times taller than its mushroom-shaped parent. Purple Fountain was introduced by the Dutch nursery of F.J. Grootendorst & Sons in 1975. The Grootendorsts are well-known for their line of hardy roses (which look smashing next to this Beech’s deep purple foliage, by the way). Purple Fountain is a selection of European Beech, a tougher and more adaptable tree than the American Beeches you may have seen growing wild in much of the Eastern U.S.
The Details
Who needs flowers? This beauty proves that foliage can steal the show, too. You’ll enjoy the performance as the new leaves emerge a shimmering wine-red in spring and mature to a warm chocolate-purple color later on. Fall’s cool weather brings on gold and butterscotch tones.
How to Grow
Despite its star-power qualities, Purple Fountain Beech isn’t a diva when it comes to care, though it will repay the kindnesses you give it in the form of evenly moist but well-drained soil, little root competition (Beeches are shallow-rooted trees), and a layer of cooling mulch. The Bower & Branch™ Water Element system will ensure that your tree receives the proper amount of water during its establishment, while also keeping lawn equipment away from its thin, silvery-gray bark. Plant this tree in full sun to coax out the richest purple color from its leaves, but don’t fret if the foliage turns bronzy-green in mid-summer. This is normal in very hot weather.
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Size Guide
Scale
Size A
Size B
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Size A Trees:
4-5' Tall. Grown in our #6, #7 or #8 tree container. This is a graceful weeping tree. Rare and unusual.
Size B Trees:
8-10' tall. Grown in our #15 tree container. This tree is a slender and tall specimen. With stunning weeping foliage sure to be picture perfect in any landscape.
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