It’s time that we take a look at one of the specimen trees that I monitor here regularly. This is the iconic Weeping Beech at Amen Farm. I’m told that it was planted there about 1950 and it still seems very healthy.
Judging by tree-weeping standards, its grief seems inconsolable. Some might say it’s because it’s gotten a bad haircut; they don’t like that horizontal under clearance pruning technique. However, the tree has sported it for many years without apparent incident. As with many weeping beeches (Fagus sylvatica, 'Pendula'), this tree is wider than it is tall. My very rough estimate is that it is about 80 feet wide and 45 feet tall. (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on September 22, 2023.)