Beech is not grown for its flowers or fruit but for its superb foliage of delicate fluttery leaves with wavy edges, initially a gentle soft golden green, then bright green and finally coppery. Strictly speaking, our native Beech is deciduous, but its crisp winter leaves, which stay on the plant until pushed off by the new bright green growth in spring, make it a great alternative to an evergreen hedge. It’s relatively fast growing, at about 30-60cm p.a. so it does need to be trimmed in late summer/early autumn.Bare rooted hedging plants only available November – February.
