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Elaeagnus
Olive
Elaeagnus angustifolia
Russian Olive
Zone: 2
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Rounded,
irregular outline
Foliage: Silver green
to gray-green
Fall Color: Yellow
Flower: Fragrant,
greenish yellow
Rivers Purple Beech
Fagus sylvatica ‘Fastigiata’ (‘Dawyck’)
Fastigiate Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 45'
Spread: 15'
Shape: Columnar,
fastigiate
Foliage: Dark green
Deep green foliage and the tightness of its
fastigiate form make this one of the most
striking of columnar trees.
Used effectively as an attractive, impenetrable
hedge even in difficult climates and inhospitable
soils. A good source of silver-gray foliage to
lighten a landscape.
Eucommia
Eucommia ulmoides
Hardy Rubber Tree
Zone: 5
Height: 45'
Spread: 45'
Shape: Rounded,
with ascending
branches
Foliage: Lustrous
dark green
Glossy foliage is reported pest free. This drought
and disease resistant tree tolerates a wide range
of soil conditions including alkaline.
Fagus
Beech
Fagus grandifolia
American Beech
Fagus sylvatica
Green Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 50'
Spread: 40'
Shape: Broadly oval
Foliage: Glossy
green
Fall Color: Golden
bronze
Slow growing, but ultimately large and
magnificent. A mature tree is an imposing sight,
with smooth silver-gray bark, lustrous green
foliage, and sturdy branch structure.
Zone: 4
Height: 50'
Spread: 40'
Shape: Broadly
pyramidal to
broadly oval
Foliage: Glossy dark
green
Fall Color: Bronze
A large and stately tree with beautiful silverygray
bark that contrasts well with its dark green
summer foliage.
Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Purple’
Dawyck Purple Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 40'
Spread: 12'
Shape: Columnar,
fastigiate
Foliage: Purple
Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’
Fernleaf Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 50'
Spread: 40'
Shape: Broadly oval
Foliage: Cutleaf,
green
Fall Color: Golden
brown
A large growing cultivar with crisp, dark green,
cutleaf foliage. The branching gives the tree the
appearance of closely layered, fan like sprays.
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purple Fountain’
Purple Fountain Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 25'
Spread: 12'
Shape: Weeping
from ascending trunk
Foliage: Purple to
purple-red
Pendulous branches drape from an upright
leader as this unusual beech matures into a
unique living sculpture. Much faster growing
than Purpurea Pendula, its foliage is a slightly
lighter shade of purple.
Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Pendula’
Purple Weeping Beech
Zone: 5
Height: 10'
Spread: 15'
Shape: Broadly
weeping, mushroom
shaped
Foliage: Purple
Dawyck Purple Beech
A purple leaf form of Fastigiate Beech. Tight and
narrow in form, with purple leaf color that holds
well in the summer.
Weeping habit and the absence of a central
leader form a broad purple dome. A large
specimen provides a fantasy-land playground
beneath cascading branches.
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