Green Beech 60/80cm Bare Root (Fagus sylvatica)

Product Code: FS-BR-60/80

Fagus Sylvatica - Common Beech Hedge Plants

Beech is one of the UK's most popular hedging plants as it has the ability to retain its dead golden to copper leaves in the winter.  Its bright green, oval shaped leaves are quick to grow about the first week in May to November, and turn orange – brown the rest of the year giving the hedge all year cover.  Keeping the hedge cut below about 3m will encourage the leaf retention and provide that privacy year round cover.  

Beech will begin to mature well after the buds’ bloom, that the root growth begins.  Beech roots are usually thin when they first appear and later thicken and grow quickly.  Best use for Beech as screening, windbreak, garden tree, country or farmland settings. 

Common Name:  Native Green Beech

Genus:  Fagus

Species:  sylvatica

Rate of Growth:  Fast growing about 30-60cm per year

Type:  Bareroot

 Size:  60/80cm tall

Planting Location:  Full sun, partial shade

Soil Type:  Tolerates almost all soil types, moist, well-draining

pH:  neutral, acid to alkaline

Fertilise:   Rootgrow upon initial planting and thereafter

Planting Distance: 3  per metre single row

Hardiness:  Hardy

Height:  Keep Pruned manageable height

**Scot Plants Direct can only supply bareroot plants when they are dormant during the winter months from November to April annually.