Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' flowers This slow-growing plant is ideal

This slow-growing plant is ideal for borders

Sometimes a dessert apple

corrugated bark and leathery evergreen leaves

Very useful for bringing interest and structure to a planting scheme

gives the effect of snow-laden branches

Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' flowers This slow-growing plant is idealA delightful cultivar with a narrow, pendulous habit creating a dramatic curtain of gorgeous, glossy purple leaves in summer, turning coppery gold in autumn. Perfect for beds, borders or why not as a focal point. For best colour grow in full sun but can also manage partial shade. It does well on any soil as long as it's free draining. H5