Golden Upright Beech

This stunning Beech has golden yellow leaves, classically Beech in form. The leaves appear in the spring and gradually turn pale green throughout the summer before displaying a show of golden yellow foliage in the autumn.

The crown of this tree is distinctively upright, forming a distinctive flame shape as it matures. When mature, this medium-to-large tree seldom reaches more than 3m wide.

Fagus sylvatica Dawyck Gold is thought to be a seedling cross between Fagus sylvatica Zlatia and Dawyck, raised by JRP van Joey-Smith in 1969 and won the Garden Award of Merit in 2002.

It is a tough tree, like its parents, and will thrive just about anywhere, but it does not do well in exposed or coastal conditions.

This tree is best suited to reasonably fertile and well-drained soils but does not perform well on heavy clay or light sand, and being a shallow-rooted tree, we do not recommend under-planting.

This tree looks superb against a dark background, so it would be a good addition to a planting scheme with varying foliage colours.

Being a reasonably large tree at maturity, this tree is best suited to parks and extensive gardens.

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Mature height: 12-17m

Common names

Golden Upright Beech

Height of tree

12-17m

Soil type

Well drained, Chalk/Alkaline, Acidic

Shape

Narrow

Foliage Colour

Yellow

Looks good in

Spring

Privacy

Screening from ground level

Location

Garden, Parkland, Avenue

Genus

Fagus