The tree on Olive Ave. is Fagus sylvatica ‘ Purpurea tricolor’.
The tree on Meadowood is Fagus sylvatica ‘Tricolor’ Tricolor beech.
European beech is a deciduous tree native to central Europe to just north of Turkey and Iran. In California it is typically grown as a single tree in parks and large yards. A row of copper beeches (reddish purple foliage) trimmed as a very large hedge can be seen at the FILOLI estate in Woodside.
1 Olive Ave
April 2016.There area few European beeches in Larkspur and this copper beech at 233 W. Baltimore is spectacular.