Name: Weeping Purple Beech
Brand: NVK Nurseries
SKU: 1281-30MM-BBC
Price: 489.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

Fagus sylvatica 'Purpurea Pendula'

An ornamental beech with smooth grey bark, dense canopy, and outstanding landscape presence across all seasons.

Dense, upright form with spreading, pendulous branches
Branching can extend horizontally before drooping to the ground
Ovate to elliptic foliage emerges purple turning purple-green by summer
Foliage turns golden-bronze in the fall
Commonly used for specimen
Grows best in full sun to partial shade

Size

30 mm caliper, ball & burlap

Mounded – 30 mm caliper, ball & burlap

Mounded – 35 mm caliper, ball & burlap

35 mm caliper, ball & burlap

Mounded – 50 mm caliper, ball & burlap

$489.00

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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight

Full sun, Partial shade

Soil Moisture

Moist, Average, Dry, Well-drained

Hardiness Zone

4 – 4

Mature Height (meters)

5.0 – 6.0

Mature Spread (meters)

5.0 – 6.0

Growth Rate

Slow

Foliage Colour

Brown

Fall Colour

Purple

Habit

Weeping

Deer Resistant

✓

Rabbit Resistant

✓

Attracts Birds

✓

Landscape Uses

Accent

Growing & Maintenance Tips

This beautiful purple-leaved specimen, with its erratic weeping branches is a highlight in any landcape. Creative pruning and staking can be done to expose its irregular growth habit, giving it more visual appeal. European beech thrives in a rich, moist, well-drained soil, in full sun or partial shade.