Purple Fountain European Beech        FA-gus sil-VAT-i-ka

• Deciduous tree, narrowly upright forming a central leader, may reach 25 ft (7.5 m) × 15 ft (4.5 m), branches hang down, leaves moderately dark purple at first, color fades in summer.
• A seedling of ‘Purple Pendula’ raised in Holland; in North American commerce since about 1983.
• Silverton, Oregon: The Oregon Garden.