| Description | Tri Color Beech is a purple leaf beech cultivars with irregular pink coloration on the leaves. |
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| Pronunciation | (FA-gus sil-VAT-i-ka) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | prefers some shade, leaves may scorch in full sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | inconspicuous, monoecious, male and female flowers separate on the same tree, forms a triangular nut enclosed in a spiky 4-lobes involucre, contains 2 nuts |
| Leaves | leaves simple, alternate, green with irregular pink margins, fall color is yellow with original areas of red showing through |
| Dimensions | 20-30 feet tall |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1883. There is some confusion in the literature between Tricolor and Roseomarginata (Purpurea Tricolor). They may be separate or the same plant. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr, #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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