BlueBell Arboretum & Nursery

Mail order trees, shrubs, conifers and woody climbers

Fagus orientalis 'Iskander'

Rare selection of oriental beech with a very slim, fastigiate habit and attractive, rounded fresh-green leaves which turn a striking, butter-yellow in a good crisp autumn
£26.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Ansorgei'

Rare cultivar of Beech first found in the late nineteenth century in Germany, Fagus sylvatica 'Ansorgei' is a very slow growing with fine, narrow and willow-like, deep purple leaves
£26.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Aurea Pendula'

As the name suggests this is a rare slow-growing, weeping beech tree with very pretty, golden or butter-yellow foliage
£27.50

Fagus sylvatica 'Bicolor Sartini'

Rare and lovely cultivar of beech with delicate, pale green leaves edged with handsome golden-yellow variegation
£25.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Black Swan'

Grown for its attractive dark red-purple leaves and cascading habit, Fagus sylvatica 'Black Swan' grows to be a small and elegantly weeping tree
£25.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Cockleshell'

A rare beech cultivar with small, cockleshell-shaped leaves turning bronze in autumn and often remaining on the plant late into winter
£28.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Cristata'
Cock's Comb Beech or Curly-leaved Beech

Rare form which has been in cultivation since the early nineteenth century, Fagus sylvatica 'Cristata' has fascinating dark green, cloud-like clumps of deeply lobed and curled leaves
£25.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold'

First discovered at the fantastic Dawyck Botanic Gardens in Scotland, 28 miles south of Edinburgh, Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold' is a tall, narrow and upright selection of beech with soft golden-yellow leaves in spring
£35.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Purple'

Available late Autumn / WInter 2012 - A similar plant to the Fagus sylvatica 'Dawyck Gold', this is a tall, narrow tree with beautiful, rich-purple foliage
£35.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Franken'

Produced from a selected seedling of Fagus sylvatica 'Marmorata', the white marbling on the variegated leaves of this selection is very attractive and better than its parent
£28.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Horizontalis'
Beech

An unusual and horizontally growing form, Fagus sylvatica 'Horizontalis' has lush green leaves and branches which spread out with a slightly weeping habit
£30.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Mercedes'

Unusual and very slow growing selection, Fagus sylvatica 'Mercedes' has green, willow-like leaves which turn an attractive bronze colour in winter and can stay on the plant until the following spring
£26.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain'

Beautiful weeping Beech with an eye-catching silhouette, Fagus sylvatica 'Purple Fountain' has strong purple foliage and a narrow, weeping habit with many branches cascading down to the ground once established
£25.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Tortuosa Purpurea'

A curious wide, spreading small beech tree with slightly contorted branches, generally with a weeping branch tip and leaves which are an attractive, dark purple in colour
£42.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor'
Tricolor Beech

An unusual beech tree which has purple leaves with pink or cream margins that are at their most colourful each spring when the leaves are young and fresh
£25.00

Fagus sylvatica 'Zlatia'
Golden Beech

Rare cultivar with eye-catching golden leaves was discovered near Vranje in Serbia and first introduced to horticulture via Prof Dragaevic by Spath in the early 1890's
£25.00