General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7a
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
  • European Beech
Also sold as:
  • Tricolor
  • Roseomarginata

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Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-04-29
Leaves are as pretty as any spring-flowering tree
Location: Lincoln, NE
Date: 2006-05-29
Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Date: 2023-07-15
Location: St Louis
Date: 2015-05-03
Especially beautiful at time of spring leaf-out. Can burn later i
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2018-06-09

Date: 2011-11-16
Location: Vander Veer Botanical Gardens - Davenport, Iowa
Date: 7-1-12
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: July 2008
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2018-06-09
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Vander Veer Botanical Gardens - Davenport, Iowa
Date: 7-1-12
Location: Bloomington, IL
Date: 2012-06-16
On the Bloomington Garden Walk
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-05-26
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: July 2008
This particular sapling didn't make it through the winter.
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-01
Location: Vander Veer Botanical Gardens - Davenport, Iowa
Date: 7-1-12

Date: 2007-06-13
Photo courtesy of: Aha
Location: Syretsky arboretum, Kiev, Ukraine
Date: 2014-07-01
Photo courtesy of: Aimaina chikari

Date: 2007-05-10
Photo courtesy of: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT
Location: Syretsky arboretum, Kiev, Ukraine 
Date: 2014-07-01
Photo courtesy of: Aimaina chikari
Location: Bloomington, Illinois
Date: 2012-06-16
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: July 2008
This particular sapling didn't make it through the winter.
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-05-08
view from the underside
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-05-04
In a friend's garden
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-05-20
This tree is a few blocks from my house.  Absolutely stunning.

Date: 2014-01-04
Uploaded by robertduval14

photo credit: aha
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2011-05-22
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2011-05-22
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2011-05-22
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2011-05-22
Location: Tellys Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2011-05-22
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 5-2008
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 5-2008
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-01
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