Roble Beech trees for sale?

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Hi folks, I've seen a roble beech growing locally, apparently planted 1988 and a fair old size, beautiful tree.

 

I fancy one for the garden, has anyone seen anywhere selling them, I've not had much luck on google so far.

Ideally bare root and cheap!

 

Or do you think cuttings would have any success?

[AJStrees]

Not common its quite a specialist tree to grow/find. Nothofagus Obliqua from Chile/Argentina. 

 

 

[Stubby]

7 hours ago, AJStrees said:

Not common its quite a specialist tree to grow/find. Nothofagus Obliqua from Chile/Argentina. 

 

 

Is it a cultivar AJ ?

[AJStrees]

8 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Is it a cultivar AJ ?

Don't think so. the Beech bit of the name doesn't really have anything to do with our native beech trees. The Nothofagus tree is from the other side of the world . 👍

[Stubby]

Just now, AJStrees said:

Don't think so. the Beech bit of the name doesn't really have anything to do with our native beech trees. The Nothofagus tree is from the other side of the world . 👍

Ok . I worked on a fern leaved beech once . Some of the lower branches had been cut and when it sprouted it reverted to the original standard leaf . Was odd to look at . 

[AJStrees]

12 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Ok . I worked on a fern leaved beech once . Some of the lower branches had been cut and when it sprouted it reverted to the original standard leaf . Was odd to look at . 

Interesting. Just found this description online. 

 

Fern-leaved Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia'

Origin: this is a frequently-planted tree in parks and gardens. Where branches are cut or damaged, the replacement leaves will be those of the Common Beech because the plant is a "chimaera". Consider a graft between the top of one tree and the base or rootstock of another. Occasionally a bud arising from the union point grows into a mixture of the two plants with the core of one plant being wrapped in a "skin" of the other. This skin being only a cell thick. In the Fern-leaved Beech we have core of Common Beech wrapped in a "skin" of the cut-leaved form. This chimaera is usually stable but, when branches are damaged, the new growth may revert to that of the core type. Hence we get leaves of the Common Beech form occurring amongst the Fern-leaved type.

 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, AJStrees said:

Interesting. Just found this description online. 

 

Fern-leaved Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia'

Origin: this is a frequently-planted tree in parks and gardens. Where branches are cut or damaged, the replacement leaves will be those of the Common Beech because the plant is a "chimaera". Consider a graft between the top of one tree and the base or rootstock of another. Occasionally a bud arising from the union point grows into a mixture of the two plants with the core of one plant being wrapped in a "skin" of the other. This skin being only a cell thick. In the Fern-leaved Beech we have core of Common Beech wrapped in a "skin" of the cut-leaved form. This chimaera is usually stable but, when branches are damaged, the new growth may revert to that of the core type. Hence we get leaves of the Common Beech form occurring amongst the Fern-leaved type.

 

Nut shell AJ 🙂

[Stubby]

8 minutes ago, AJStrees said:

Interesting. Just found this description online. 

 

Fern-leaved Beech Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia'

Origin: this is a frequently-planted tree in parks and gardens. Where branches are cut or damaged, the replacement leaves will be those of the Common Beech because the plant is a "chimaera". Consider a graft between the top of one tree and the base or rootstock of another. Occasionally a bud arising from the union point grows into a mixture of the two plants with the core of one plant being wrapped in a "skin" of the other. This skin being only a cell thick. In the Fern-leaved Beech we have core of Common Beech wrapped in a "skin" of the cut-leaved form. This chimaera is usually stable but, when branches are damaged, the new growth may revert to that of the core type. Hence we get leaves of the Common Beech form occurring amongst the Fern-leaved type.

 

Yep it was in a large Country House here on the West Sussex/Hampshire border ( about in line with Emsworth but in land a bit ) You could see the graft line clearly . It was massive though , probably 5 to 6 feet in diameter at the fat end . Beautiful tree .

[AJStrees]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Yep it was in a large Country House here on the West Sussex/Hampshire border ( about in line with Emsworth but in land a bit ) You could see the graft line clearly . It was massive though , probably 5 to 6 feet in diameter at the fat end . Beautiful tree .

Sounds lovely mate 👍