[Magdalen] Tricolor.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I've only seen one weeping beech, and it's magnificent! It's on the grounds of the Jesuit Spiritual Center in Wernersville, PA, and is supposed to be the finest specimen in the east. It is enormous! 
You can go inside under the canopy; it's like being in a church. The first time I decided to try going in--after some hesitation--I found two white plastic chairs in there!  I imagined a spiritual direction session might have taken place...

> On May 19, 2017, at 7:34 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I love the Tricolour Beech, a most attractive tree.  Generally around here one mostly sees the maroon beech and the weeping variety.
> 
> Marion, a pilgrim
> 
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>> On 5/18/2017 10:44 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>> Tree stuff:
>>  Our Tricolor Beech - a cultivar of European Beech ( Fagus sylvatica)
>> with green leaves and white and rose-colored leaf margins, is  really
>> looking good this spring.  This is despite chronic White Tail  Deer
>> browsing and periodic defoliation from Gypsy Moths.  The tree  has
>> mostly outgrown the deer, but I'm not sure how the moths are going
>> to be this year.  Supposedly the abnormally cold 2 weeks this spring
>> with patchy frosts have been bad for them.  Since oaks, the  favorite
>> food of these moth pests, are in the Beech family (Fagaceae), beeches
>> are susceptible to defoliation.
>>  Though we live in a Pocono development named "Beech Mountain
>> Lakes," after the natural groves of American Beech (Fagus  grandifolia),
>> here, the North American species is generally not used for  landscaping
>> purposes because it doesn't  have the large number of cultivars
>> and fast growth of the European species. As a result there are two
>> other European Beech cultivars that are popular here for landscaping.
>> They are the maroon-leaf variety ("Copper Beech") and the latter's
>> weeping variety.
>>  These beech varieties are not so popular as the frequently planted
>> maroon-leaf variety of Norway Maple, these two species (beech and
>> maple) are a welcome invasion from the Old World.
>>    David S.
>> 
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