Fagus sylvatica (Pleached) Fruit Leaves are narrow

Leaves are narrow

even then staunchly retaining its jolly crop of dark marble-sized cone-like fruits through the depths of winter

Plant in full sun to illuminate the peeling bark

Very easy to shape and topiarise over time

produced in clusters and contrasting superbly with the copper-coloured young leaves

Fagus sylvatica (Pleached) Fruit Leaves are narrowA pleached form of the native beech, providing the same glossy green summer foliage and orange gold autumn tones but in a more compact and structured form. Any well drained soil except heavy clay. With increasing density of branch structure, the dry foliage will be retained through the winter in sheltered areas and can be quite ornamental in the winter sun. Shallow rooting. A shallow rooting tree.