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Weeping Beech

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Weeping Beech (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’)An incredible accent tree with smooth gray bark and lovely weeping branches; glossy green leaves throughout the season turn to copper in fall; a most stately specimen;particular about growing conditions, requires rich soil and significant moisture

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:
50 feet
Average Landscape Width:
50 feet
Growth Rate:
slow
Genus:
Fagus
Species:
sylvatica
Cultivar:
Pendula
Summer Foliage Color:
green
Fall Color:
copper
Minimum Light:
full sun
Maximum Light:
full sun
Minimum Moisture:
average
Maximum Moisture:
moist
Plant Form:
weeping
Canopy:
low
Pruning:
late winter pruning
Pollution Tolerance:
medium
Other Species Names:
Common Beech, European Beech
Branching:
decurrent
Density:
dense

Ornamental Features

Weeping Beech is primarily valued in the landscape for its highly ornamental weeping form. It has rich green deciduous foliage. The serrated pointy leaves turn an outstanding coppery-bronze in the fall. The smooth silver bark is extremely showy and adds significant winter interest.

Landscape Attributes

Weeping Beech is a dense deciduous tree with a rounded form and gracefully weeping branches. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Planting & Growing

Weeping Beech will grow to be about 50 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 50 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 4 feet from the ground, and should not be planted underneath power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live to a ripe old age of 120 years or more; think of this as a heritage tree for future generations!

This tree should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

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