djhughes wrote:

: I would like to try and grow a beech from specific tree in a local park
: (Tricolor). Last year I took some cuttings just when the leaves dropped,
: used rooting hormone, but they were dead by spring. Has anyone ever
: successfully taken beech cuttings, how, when?

I've tried and not succeeded. I think that you may need to graft.
I've seen purple beech growing green leaves from the base of the main
truck, and assume the tree was a purple graft on a standard seedling.