10x Bare Root Green Beech Plants (5-6ft)

Bare Root Green Beech Hedging - Description

• First shipment date will be on 06.11.2025
• Bare Root Green Beech Hedging Plants
• Latin Name: Fagus sylvatica
• AKA Common Beech
• Size: approx. 6 Feet (160cm)
• 3 Year Old Plant (1+2 /3 yr. Transplant Seedling)
• Strong Plants
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• Foliage: Semi-Evergreen
• Quantity: 10 Plants
• Bareroot Hedging
• Planting Distance: 3 Per Metre
• Very Popular Hedging Plant, Retains Foliage in Winter
  • Note: If Not Allowed Grow to Maturity

Delivery - Important Note - Please Read

• We can only deliver orders of this product by Fastway couriers
• Please do not choose DPD as your courier for orders containing this item

Bare Root Beech Hedging - Uses

• Plant in rows (30cm apart) to create hedging
• Beech will grow into a neat & formal hedge
• Offers great privacy
• Can be planted on it's own to develop into a tree
• Larger hedging plants will form a hedge much quicker

Bare Root Beech Hedging - Sowing Instructions

Sowing Time

• Plant Bare root plants in the dormant season - October to March
• Avoid frosty conditions

Trench Preparation

• Dig trench approx. 2.5ft wide & 1.5ft deep
• Add approx 4" of farm yard manure to base of trench
• Cover the manure with fine layer of soil
• This prevents the manure 'burning' the plant's roots

Positioning Plants

• Space plants 30cm apart
• Stagger / alternate plants to create a double row
• This creates a wider & thicker hedge
• Back fill the top soil
• Be sure that the base of each plant is just below soil surface
• Compact soil in well with your foot
• Level off the soil around the plants

Handling the Plants

• Watering is essential - Both before & after planting
• When plants arrive, plant them straight away
• If you are unable to plant straight away - then 'heel them in' temporarily
• Keep plant's roots in their bag & avoid exposure to sun light
• Take care not to damage roots, bark & buds

After Care

• Watering must be done regularly until plants establish
• Water after planting
• If dry weather persists, water every 2 days
• Weeding is also essential
• A new hedge will need to be weeded at least 3 time over the growing season
• Weed in March, June & September
• We recommend using weed membrane & mulch to control weeds

Pruning

• Trim back beech once every year in late Summer

Common Beech - Quick Facts

• Beech is actually not a native of Ireland - it is naturalised
• Beech is still the most common woodland tree now found in Ireland
• Sylvatica is Latin for 'of the woods'
• A fully grown mature beech tree can reach 50m in height
• A mature beech is home to over 90 different insect & mite species