Purple Fountain beech

• Awards: RHS AGM (current) 1993

Purple Fountain is a popular form of the Weeping Beech featuring dark purple bronze leaves.

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Purple Fountain beech for sale

Choose a size - pot-grown

All our pot-grown trees are grown for us to our specification by the Frank P Matthews nursery.

• PG12-year 12L pot-grown tree, £86.00
  Very large tree (4m-7m after 10 years)
  

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Tree specification

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Next deliveries

Order now for delivery from week commencing 30th March onwards.

Delivery charges

Delivery for a single tree starts at £9.95, it is calculated based on your postcode.

All about Purple Fountain beech

Purple Fountain is a popular purple-leaved weeping beech, with steeply pendulous branches reach down to the ground. The main attraction is the rich dark purple leaves, which take on coppery-hues in the autumn.

Purple Fountain is also impressive in the winter, when its weeping shape is clear to see. The smooth silver-grey bark is also a feature.

Purple Fountain, like all Weeping Beeches, tends to be quite a bit smaller than the Common Beech, and is likely to reach 6m or so after 10 years, and perhaps 10m in the longer term. It also grows with a narrower and more upright habit. Both these characteristics make it a good choice as a specimen tree in a reasonably large garden.

Growing and Training

Purple Fountain will grow in most soils and situations, but avoid locations prone to flooding or waterlogging, and coastal sites.

History

Purple Fountain was discovered in the Netherlands in the 1960s and is a seedling of Purpurea Pendula, a purple -leaved weeping beech.

British-grown trees

Unlike many garden centres and online retailers, the vast majority of our fruit trees are grown in the UK. Find out more.

All our trees are certified under the Plant Healthy scheme, supervised by the Plant Health Alliance. Other stakeholders include Defra and the RHS. Find out more.

Guaranteed fruit trees

When you buy your fruit tree from Orange Pippin Fruit Trees we guarantee it for the first season in your garden while it gets established. If it doesn't grow successfully, we'll either replace it the following season or offer a refund, subject to some conditions. Find out more.

More about beech

Most of the beech trees we supply belong to the genus Fagus, of which the best-known is the Common Beech, Fagus sylvatica.

Beech trees grow steadily over the course of about 30 years, to become very large stately trees with grey bark, and a real presence in the landscape. A typical beech tree will be around 10m at 20 years old, and 20m-30m at 30 years old. Trees planted in woodlands are typically taller than those planted in the open.

Beech trees are deciduous, and produce both small flowers and catkins. Most go on to produce small beech nuts which are useful for wildlife, and can be edible.

Beech trees are easy to grow in almost any soil or situation, but they do not like waterlogged soils or salt spray. They do best in full sun or partial shade.