Fagus grandifolia Landscaper Favorite in a contained bed or

in a contained bed or beside a drive

Lovely with the blue and white wild indigos and early grasses

dogwoods like to sit high

and exceptionally high in antioxidants

Vigorous once established

Fagus grandifolia Landscaper Favorite in a contained bed orThe American beech is one of the great presences of the eastern woods, a large, slow growing deciduous tree that ranges through rich forests from southern Canada to the Gulf. Toothed oval leaves, several inches long, emerge a clean bright green, turn clear yellow in fall and then a warm russet brown, and cling to the branches through much of winter, a habit called marcescence that gives the bare woods a soft papery whisper. The trunk is the signature: