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Bare Root Copper Beech Hedging - Description
- Bare Root Copper Beech Hedging Plants
- Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea
- AKA Purple Beech
- Moderate Growth Rate
- Semi-Evergreen
- Size: 2-3ft (80-100cm)
- 2Year Old Plants (1+3 /3 yr Transplant Seedling)
- Quantity: 10 Plants
- Bare Root Hedging
- Recommended Spacing: 3 Per Metre (Staggered is Best)
- Very Popular Hedging Plant, Retains Foliage in Winter
Bare Root Copper 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
- Copper Beech can be mixed through a green beech hedge
- Larger hedging plants will form a hedge much quicker
Bare Root Copper Beech Hedging - Sowing Instructions
Sowing Time
- Plant in 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
- Single row: Space plants 30cm apart (Roughly 3 per m)
- Double Row: Rows 35cm apart and a total of 4 plants per m
- 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
Copper 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'
- Purpurea is Latin for 'Purple'
- The leaves turn this purple colour to protect themselves from the sun's rays
- A fully grown mature beech tree can reach 50m in height
- But they can be maintained as hedges if cut back once every year
- A mature Beech tree is home to 98 different insect & mite species
- And 206 different lichen species
