CATTON ARBORETUM
Fagus sylvatica Dawyk Purple
Common name: Columnar Purple Beech
Year planted: 2011
Country of origin: Beech are common throughout most of Europe
Year introduced: The Dawyck or upright form first appeared on the Dawyck Estate in the Scottish borders.A cultivar selected from the seed of a green leaved Dawyck beech in 1969 in Holland
Description: Dawyck purple is a cultivar originating from the Trompenburg Arboretum in the Netherlands in 1969. A columnar, narrow beech growing to 15 to 20m tall. Its deep purple leaves in the spring turn a reddish purple in the autumn. The bark is a smooth grey typical of other beeches.
what3words: cross.grumbling.sorry
Tree number: 117
Year planted: 2011
Country of origin: Beech are common throughout most of Europe
Year introduced: The Dawyck or upright form first appeared on the Dawyck Estate in the Scottish borders.A cultivar selected from the seed of a green leaved Dawyck beech in 1969 in Holland
Description: Dawyck purple is a cultivar originating from the Trompenburg Arboretum in the Netherlands in 1969. A columnar, narrow beech growing to 15 to 20m tall. Its deep purple leaves in the spring turn a reddish purple in the autumn. The bark is a smooth grey typical of other beeches.
what3words: cross.grumbling.sorry
Tree number: 117
