The Beech Tree (Fagus Sylvatica) is a versatile, hardy, and fast-growing native species, valued for its beauty, structure, and year-round appeal. Though technically deciduous, Beech is well known for retaining its dry, coppery leaves throughout winter, ensuring continuous screening and colour until fresh green growth appears in spring. This characteristic makes it an ideal choice for those seeking a natural alternative to evergreen hedges.

Beech hedging is perfectly suited for both formal garden boundaries and mixed native hedgerows, adding elegance and texture to any landscape. It thrives in a variety of soil conditions, preferring well-drained ground and a position in full sun or partial shade. When trimmed annually, ideally in late summer or early autumn, it forms a dense, tidy hedge that provides excellent shelter and visual interest through all seasons.

As a tree, Beech is equally impressive, reaching heights of up to 20 metres with a spread of 15–20 metres, making it a stunning feature for larger gardens, parkland, or avenues. Our Beech collection includes a range of distinct varieties, such as Purple Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea), Weeping Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica Purpurea Pendula), and Weeping Green Beech (Fagus sylvatica Pendula), each offering unique colour and form to suit diverse landscape designs.

With its graceful form, striking foliage, and enduring presence, the Beech Tree remains one of the finest choices for hedging or standalone planting — a timeless symbol of strength and natural beauty in the British landscape.

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.

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 £8.90.

Please note: Your basket will initially show a delivery charge of £15.75 + VAT, but if you request Royal Mail delivery in the comments box, we will adjust the payment for you once we receive the order.

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Mainland Scotland Standard Delivery Charges

Click and Collect

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