The Davey Nursery

Tricolor Beech can grow to about 40 feet. It has purple leaves marked with white and pink, and its bark is smooth and silvery. This makes a nice specimen tree.

Hardiness Zones: 4-7

Habit: deciduous

Growth rate: slow

Ideal planting location: shade; moist, well-drained soil; prone to scorched leaves if experiences hot sun or dry winds.

Form: rounded pyramid shape.

Height: 25-40 feet

Width: 20-30 feet

Leaf: 2-4 inches; leaves come in variations of green, pink, and white; copper in fall.