Sizes we sell: From 30cm to 6 metres tall (And everything in-between)
Root type: Available as containerised, bare root or root ball depending on time of year
Lead time: 10 working days
Price: Contact our sales team at [email protected] for our best prices and availability

Trade discounts available

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Position: Full sun to part shade.
Soil: Most well drained soils, acid or alkaline. Avoid heavy wet clay
Rate of growth: 40-60cm per year
Height: As a tree unpruned to 40m or more tall; can be kept trimmed at 1m
Spread: As a tree unpruned to 30m across; can be kept trimmed at 1m
Flowers: Tiny, insignificant flowers
Fruit: Spiny seed bearing fruit
CAUTION: Toxic if eaten

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Growing this deciduous, native plant as a boundary means you can enjoy the joyous sight of spring sunlight filtering through its newly-emerged, translucent foliage. We love it and think it’s one of the hightlights of the season. But beech hedging has many other virtues: it is relatively tough and easy to grow (given well-drained soil) and will soon thicken up into a dense, verdant screen, no matter what location. Although it loses many leaves in winter, some are retained, rustling in the branches; we like this feature as it adds dynamic seasonal interest and helps ensure some degree of continued privacy. You can plant Fagus sylvatica as a boundary along the front of your house and keep it tightly clipped for a formal touch, or allow it to be slightly looser in more relaxed parts of the garden.

And it need not be planted as a straight line; on a grand scale, think of the incredible serpentine beech hedge at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. We’ve also seen it used together with copper beech to form an interesting two-tone effect. This plant holds an Award of Garden Merit (AGM) from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) which is given only to the best garden plants.

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For expert advice, prices and availability, please contact our helpful and friendly sales team at [email protected] or speak to us on 01753 628664, we are here to help with your next planting project.