Fastigiate European Beech

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Perennial

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Robert Mower

Description

There is considerable confusion about the upright beeches; `Fastigiata' has been introduced and istechnically different from `Dawyck', which is rigidly columnar to narrowly cone-shaped and maintains thiscondition without pruning (DS 9). `Fastigiata' is the name given to all other columnar European beeches which are occasionally encountered. One such form was propagated by Simon Louis Freres in 1873 at Metz, France; this plant is presumably no longer in cultivation (DS 6).

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

growth habit, winter interest