Strolling round the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show earlier this month, I came across purple leaved tree I'd never seen before - Populus deltoides ‘Purple Tower’. This looks to be a valuable addition to the range of purple-leaved trees, especially as it develops into an upright, pyramidal shape, a good contrast to trees with a more rounded habit of growth.
This is a new form of the cottonwood tree of Eastern North America and not only is 'Purple Tower' tall and relatively narrow, but its colouring is delicious. With its rich, reddish purple leaves held on dark red stems speckled in beige, it will quickly make a bold statement in the landscape eventually reaching more than 10m/30ft in height and with a spread of about 3m/10ft.
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