Purple Beech Bonsai
A great colorful addition to any bonsai collection.
Purple beech bonsai. Has leaves that are copper in color which turn to a bronzy green in the summer heat. Both are very well suited and popular for bonsai as they have beautiful trunks vividly green foliage and nice autumn colours. A great colorful addition to any bonsai collection. Purple leaved beech bonsai also known as copper beech grown from young seedling for many years.
It produces spiky woody fruit capsules which contain two to four triangular edible beech nuts. Cooper beech looks a lot like european beech except for the leaves that are copper in color. Has leaves that are copper in color which turn to a bronzy green in the summer heat. It is a variety of another popular tree european beech.
Has smooth grey bark. Also known as purple beech. Copper beech bonsai tree scientific name fagus sylvatica purpurea is native to europe. Not a very common species for bonsai hard to get one of any size.
The beech is a member of the the beech family fagaceae. It is an extremely elegant example of a british native bonsai and a great example of an informal upright style.