What: Fagus sylvatica ‘Rohanii’, commonly called the cutleaf purple beech, is one of the most majestic trees to add to the larger landscape. The structural beauty of the smooth, gray barked trunk and ...

1 Planted in 1891 in Town Common by the 40 Chelmsford High School students taught by naturalist Susan Emerson, the purple beech tree lives on despite its uprooting two years ago. The tree was chopped ...

Gail, who took it upon herself to ensure the tree was listed on the state's Registry of Historic Trees in 2005, died in September. Like any such memorial, several speakers offered a few words, ...

In my Dec, 22, 2019, column, I answered the following query: "I have been noticing a tree on an empty lot across from Sugar Hill Senior Living Community in Dalton. It is big at the bottom with several ...

CHELMSFORD — The huge purple beech tree that once towered over the town common is gone, though pieces of it are finding useful second lives, including a bench on the common that was carved from the ...

Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by the Sherborn Library Board of Trustees. A familiar sight to all who pass through Sherborn, the majestic European beech tree stands on Sherborn’s green, ...

Get ready for scenic drives and jumping into leaves, autumn-lovers. The fall season calls for scenery pleasing to the eyes when the leaves start to change color. Depending on the weather and geography ...

CHELMSFORD — When the iconic purple beech tree was removed from the town common in 2012, its wood was used to make benches, carvings and other items that remain around Chelmsford as mementos of its ...