CATTON ARBORETUM
Fagus sylvatica Red Obelisk
Common name:
Red columnar Beech
Year planted:
2014
Country of origin:
Beech are common throughout most of Europe
Year introduced:
Red Obelisk is a cultivar of the common beech introduced in the 1960s in Germany
Description:
Red Obelisk is a very narrow form which can grow to about 15m in time. It has deep burgundy leaves which turn coppery, bronze before falling in the winter.
what3words:
after.group.piglets
Tree number: 97