Fagus – aka deciduous Beech. An ole English favourite for living colour!

Beech, available in upright or weeping forms, comes in a spectacular range of colours – greens, golds, bronze and copper. In April and May as the tree prepares for winter the leaves display a wonderful array of brilliant reds, oranges and golds before they fall.

The Beech is a slow growing tree, that will grow in most NZ conditions.

aka Fastigiate Golden Beech

Fastigiate Golden Beech. A very striking form of Beech with golden-green rounded foliage in spring that slowly turns to a softer yellow-green tone over summer. A nice contrast tree that has a neat and tidy upright habit. Happy in sun or part shade. Deciduous. RHS AGM.

 

aka Cut leaf Beech

The cut leaf beech was developed c. 1820 in Europe. It was planted frequently in parks and large gardens as an ornamental tree. Long, narrow buds open to slender leaves with deeply cut, long, narrow lobes and taper to a fine point. These are green in summer and turn a stunning copper-gold in autumn and persist well into the winter.

Where branches are cut or damaged, as in Woodstock, ordinary beech leaves will appear. This is because the tree is a ‘chimaera’ and has inner tissues of ordinary beech overlaid by the tissues of the cut leaf form.

 

aka Copper Beech

Copper Beech. For those who have got the room this magnificent tree has to be on your "must have" list. Oval, toothed foliage that emerges bronze-red in spring slowly deepening to deep purple-black. Beautiful when the light reflects through the leaves. Hardy and easy to grow. Est.10yr.growth.

 

aka Copper Beech

This selection of Copper Beech has deep rich purple foliage that holds its colour well through the summer. Stunning large specimen tree that only gets better as it ages. Happy in sun or part shade in soil that is not completely dry in summer. Deciduous.

 

aka Common Beech

The quintessential hedge for traditional English or formal gardens. Soft undulating green foliage that turns reddish brown in autumn and holds on to the tree almost until the new foliage emerges in spring. Smooth grey bark. If left untrimmed forms a large pyramidal tree. Deciduous.