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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 25 feet
Plant Spread: 15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Dehiscent
Other: Edible to people
Fruiting Time: Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Uses: Suitable for forage
Edible Parts: Seeds or Nuts
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Provide darkness
Depth to plant seed: 1 cm
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds are short viable, best to sow direct after ripening
Pollinators: Wind

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Common names
  • Weeping European Beech

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Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-05-28
Spring leaf colour
Location: Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2016-05-21
Location: in the parc Fenestre de la Bourboule (Puy-de-Dome, France). 
Date: 2014-09-12
Photo courtesy of: Tangopaso
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