CATTON ARBORETUM
Fagus sylvatica Dawyk Gold
Common name: Columnar Golden Beech
Year planted: 2011
Country of origin: Beech are common throughout most of Europe
Year introduced: The Dawyck or upright form first appeared on the Dawyck Estate in the Scottish borders. The Gold cultivar was selected from the seed of a green leaved Dawyck beech in 1969 in Holland
Description: An erect columnar beech growing to 15 to 20m eventually. Produces soft golden yellow leaves in the spring which gradually turn pale green and then to bronze before falling in the autumn. Inconspicuous flowers are followed by spiny nut type fruits as the tree matures
what3words: seabirds.handlebar.district
Tree number: 116
Year planted: 2011
Country of origin: Beech are common throughout most of Europe
Year introduced: The Dawyck or upright form first appeared on the Dawyck Estate in the Scottish borders. The Gold cultivar was selected from the seed of a green leaved Dawyck beech in 1969 in Holland
Description: An erect columnar beech growing to 15 to 20m eventually. Produces soft golden yellow leaves in the spring which gradually turn pale green and then to bronze before falling in the autumn. Inconspicuous flowers are followed by spiny nut type fruits as the tree matures
what3words: seabirds.handlebar.district
Tree number: 116
