Fagus — 7 species
Botanical species in the genus Fagus recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Fagus crenata
Fagus crenata
Family: Fagaceae
Cultivation
Fagus crenata is a very cold-hardy tree, tolerating temperatures down to around -30°c when dormant. It grows best in areas with hot summers. In areas with cooler summers (even if the winters are mild), such as the maritime regions of the temperate zone, it often grows poorly, failing to properly ripen its wood and suffering frost damage over the winter.
Full cultivation guide →Fagus grandifolia
Fagus grandifolia
Family: Fagaceae
Cultivation
Fagus grandifolia is a very cold-hardy tree, tolerating temperatures down to around -30°c when dormant. It grows best in areas with hot summers. In areas with cooler summers (even if the winters are mild), such as the maritime regions of the temperate zone, it often grows poorly, failing to properly ripen its wood and suffering frost damage over the winter.
Full cultivation guide →Fagus japonica
Fagus japonica
Family: Fagaceae
Cultivation
Fagus japonica is a very cold-hardy tree, tolerating temperatures down to around -25°c when dormant. It grows best in areas with hot summers. In areas with cooler summers (even if the winters are mild), such as the maritime regions of the temperate zone, it often grows poorly, failing to properly ripen its wood and suffering frost damage over the winter.
Full cultivation guide →Fagus lucida
Fagus lucida
Family: Fagaceae
Cultivation
Fagus lucida is a moderately cold-hardy tree, tolerating temperatures down to around -20°c when dormant. It grows best in areas with hot summers. In areas with cooler summers (even if the winters are mild), such as the maritime regions of the temperate zone, it often grows poorly, failing to properly ripen its wood and suffering frost damage over the winter.
Full cultivation guide →Fagus orientalis
Fagus orientalis
Family: Fagaceae
Cultivation
Fagus orientalis is a very cold-hardy tree, tolerating temperatures down to around -25°c when dormant. Grows best in a sunny position, though young trees are also very shade tolerant, surviving in deep woodland shade for several years and then able to grow fairly rapidly if an opening occurs. Thrives on a light or medium soil, doing well on chalk, but ill-adapted for heavy wet soils.
Full cultivation guide →Fagus sinensis
Fagus sinensis
Family: Fagaceae
Cultivation
Fagus sinensis is a very cold-hardy tree, tolerating temperatures down to around -30°c when dormant. It grows best in areas with hot summers. In areas with cooler summers (even if the winters are mild), such as the maritime regions of the temperate zone, it often grows poorly, failing to properly ripen its wood and suffering frost damage over the winter.
Full cultivation guide →Fagus sylvatica
Fagus sylvatica
Family: Fagaceae
Cultivation
Fagus sylvatica is a very cold-hardy tree, tolerating temperatures down to around -25°c when dormant. Thrives on a light or medium soil, doing well on chalk, but ill-adapted for a heavy wet soil. Prefers a calcareous soil but succeeds in acid soils though it does not make such a fine tree in such a situation.
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