Magnificent as solitary specimen trees , beeches ( Fagus spp . ) are bombastic deciduous plants admire for their physical body and foliage . When it comes to variety , the European beech ( Fagus sylvatica ) comprises many forms and extract of heighten beauty and ornamental value for gardens . European beech tree is best grow in USDA Hardiness Zones 5 through 7 .

Fern-Leaf Beech

The fern - foliage beechwood ( Fagus sylvatica cv . Aspleniifolia ) has slender , glossy , rich gullible leaves that are cut into lobe . Thus , each leaf looks frilled , abstractly resembling a fern frond . The overall effect of the profoundly lobed leafage is a tree with fine texture .

Weeping Beech

Rather than hold its sinewy limb horizontally and upward towards the sky , the tears beechwood ( Fagus sylvatica f. pendula ) has branches and sprig that dangle and partake the undercoat . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree looks like an irregular , tumid mound with twig that move like curtain in the twist .

Copper Beech

Copper beech tree ( Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea ) is one of the visually stunning form of the mintage . Instead of glossy greenish leaves , the fuzz beech acquire downlike empurpled or dour burgundy foliage that happen upon coppery hue in fall before dropping off .

Colored Leaf Selections

Over the 100 , horticulturalists have selected and engender various mutations of the European beech tree . Many of these train varieties , or cultivars , have leaves with changing or multiple colour . Aurea Pendula and Dawyck Gold are narrow trees with yellowish young leaves that ripen greenish . alike in drug abuse but with purple leaves is cultivar Dawyck Purple . Purpurea Pendula , a dwarf cultivar , only grows 10 foot tall and blanket with black - purple leaves . Purpurea Tricolor , also eff as Roseomarginata or Tricolor has purple leaves border and striped in rose and pale pink . Three additional regal - leaf cultivars include Riversii , Rohanii and Spaethiana , which has contrast light colored veins . last , rather than pointed ellipse leaves , Rotundifolia and Cochleata have pear-shaped leaves that create a different grain than most other European beechwood trees .

Other Beech Species

Although the broad raiment of lifelike and world - selected miscellany are found with the European beech tree , other beech trees are useable and get by nurseryman . Four others that are more commonly encounter include the American beech ( Fagus grandifolia ) , the Japanese beechwood ( Fagus crenata ) , Oriental beechwood ( Fagus orientalis ) and the Japanese down in the mouth beech ( Fagus japonica ) .

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