Deciduous Instant Hedge Fagus sylvatica (Green Beech) in Trough

Fagus sylvatica (Green Beech) instant hedge in a trough is a native plant to the British isles. If left to grow it forms a stunning and impressive tree that grows up to 100 feet tall and the same in width. With regular trimming it will form into an impressive and dense hedge that can be as low as 4 feet high.

The leaves are green during the spring and summer and turn to a beautiful copper orange and brown during the winter. The young beech leaves in spring have been described as one of the most beautiful objects in nature.

Fagus sylvatica (Green beech) trough hedging is unusual in that it holds these dead leaves on the branches over the winter until they are pushed off by the new leaves coming though in the spring,

As long as you avoid heavy clay soil and very wet soil, Beech will grow in a wide range of soil types, but is particularly suitable for chalky soils and shallow soils over Limestone.

Green Beech is a classic, popular hedging plant and has been used for centuries in formal gardens and in gardens that need a finely clipped hedge. A superb hedging plant that suits almost every garden and planting shceme.