weeping beech

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Large deciduous, weeping tree about 15m tall, forming either a broad tent-like crown with wide-spreading main branches draped with long, pendulous side-branches, or more upright with steeply drooping branches. Leaves elliptic, and mid-green, turning golden-brown in autumn

Scientific classification

Species: weeping beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Pendula')
Genus: Fagus
Family: Fagaceae

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Toxicity: Trees
Plant type: Higher than 12 metres
Height: wider than 8 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Pendulous weeping
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of weeping beech

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Culture

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Toxicity

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Quick identification of weeping beech

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weeping beech care guide

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub feed once in spring

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.

Propagation

Propagate by grafting

Growing

Tolerant of a range of soils including chalk, grow in full sun or partial shade. For best colour, position in full sun. For more information see beech cultivation

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