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Green Beech Hedging

Fagus Sylvatica

From £1.33

Bare root stock not available until November 2025 but you can Pre Order to secure your stock now

The Beech Tree (Fagus Sylvatica) is a hardy, fast-growing plant that provides a year-round hedging screen. Although deciduous, Beech retains its dry, coppery leaves through winter, offering continuous coverage until spring. Ideal for formal or mixed native hedges, it adds structure and beauty to any garden. Our Beech range includes varieties like Purple Beech, Weeping Purple Beech, and Weeping Green Beech, perfect for diverse landscape designs. As a tree, Beech can grow up to 20 meters tall with a spread of 15-20 meters, making it a stunning feature for larger spaces.

Buying Options

Features

Mature Height

Mature Height

Hedge 5 meters - trees up to 20 meters
Crown Spread

Crown Spread

Trees up to 15 meters
Growth Rate

Growth Rate

Slow
Soil Types

Soil Types

Chalky, Sandy
Lighting

Lighting

Full or Partial Sun
Leaf Colour

Leaf Colour

Normal: Green, Autumn: Orange/Yellow
Usage

Usage

Screening/gardens/parkland/countryside/farmland/good wind break

Full Description

The Beech Tree (Fagus Sylvatica) is a versatile and hardy plant, thriving in a variety of conditions. Perfect for creating a year-round hedging screen, Beech is technically a deciduous plant, but it retains its coppery, dry leaves throughout the winter, providing continuous coverage until new green shoots replace them in spring. This makes Beech an excellent alternative to evergreen hedges, offering a formal, attractive boundary with seasonal interest.

Beech is also relatively fast-growing, but it does require a trim in late summer or early autumn to maintain its dense leaf coverage through the winter months. Ideal for formal hedges or as part of a mixed native hedge, Beech adds structure and beauty to your landscape.

Our Beech plant range includes varieties like Purple Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea), Weeping Purple Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea Pendula), and Weeping Green Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Pendula), offering a variety of options to suit different aesthetic preferences.

When left to grow as a standalone tree, Beech can reach impressive heights of up to 20 meters with a spread of 15-20 meters, making it a striking feature in any garden or park.

Aftercare

Ensure in hot weather to regularly water your beech hedging, especially after pruning.  When watering beech trees remember to water the ground around the trunk.

Delivery

Within 24 hours of placing your order, we will contact you to confirm an exact delivery date. Most orders are delivered within 5 working days. Your plants will be freshly lifted and packaged the day before dispatch to ensure they arrive in the best possible condition.

If you have a preferred delivery date please use the comments box and we will try our best to accommodate this (not available at weekends).

Although items can remain in their packaging for 7–10 days if kept frost-free, we recommend planting bareroot trees as soon as possible after delivery.

We use a courier service, and a signature is required on delivery unless you specify a safe place in the comments box when placing your order.

Small Orders (UK Mainland Only)

Orders of 1–15 plants in size 40/60cm can often be sent via Royal Mail for £8.00.

Please note: Your basket will initially show a delivery charge of £15.00 + VAT, but if you request Royal Mail delivery in the comments box, we will adjust the payment for you once we receive the order.

England and Wales Standard Delivery Charges

  • Orders up to £75 – £15 + VAT
  • £76 – £200 – £22 + VAT
  • £201 – £300 – £30 + VAT
  • £301 – £500 – £40 + VAT
  • £501 – £1000 – £45 + VAT
  • Over £1000 – £50 + VAT

Mainland Scotland Standard Delivery Charges

  • Orders up to £75.99 – £20 + VAT
  • £76 – £150.99 – £28.40 + VAT
  • £151 – £300.99 – £38 + VAT
  • £301 – £500.99 – £50 + VAT
  • £501 – £1000.99 – £56 + VAT
  • Over £1001 – £62 + VAT

Click and Collect

Click and collect available free of charge from: Tree Shop Ltd., Harts Barn, Monmouth Road, Longhope, GL17 0QD, UK

Bareroot

Size (cm)Qty 1-10Qty 11-30Qty 31-150Qty 151-1000Qty 1001+  
40 - 60£3.06£2.39£1.67£1.50£1.33
60 - 90£4.50£3.10£2.70£2.40£1.70
120 - 150£24.00£18.00£15.00£14.00£13.00