Advice on Choosing Beech Plants
Browse all of our Beech Plants for Sale HereOther Names for Beech: Both trees can be referred to as European Beech. All our beech trees are grown in the UK from native seeds.
Copper Beech: Also called Purple Beech. Now called Fagus sylvatica Purpurea, but may be called Atropunicea or Atropurpurea in older books.Green Beech: Also called Common Beech. Fagus sylvatica.
Potted VS Bareroot Beech:
The Pot Grown and Bareroot beech plants are the same in every way and are used for the same jobs.
The only differences are in the price and the delivery season: bareroot is cheapest, but it can only be delivered during the winter season (Nov-March).
Which Starting Size Beech is Best for Hedging?
Your beech plants can be delivered in a range of sizes, between 30cms to over 1.5 metres tall.
All of these plants can reach the same final size - the larger ones just have a headstart.
- If you are on a tight budget or if time is not urgent, we suggest using smaller plants: these have the advantage of making it easy for you to get a really bushy hedge from the ground upwards.
- If you want a big hedge as soon as possible, use the larger sizes. Take a look at our packs of 50 green beech in larger sizes to see if they will save you money.
- If in doubt, we think that beech plants that are sized 60-80cms at delivery are the best balance between price and size.
Do you want a big beech tree instead of a hedge?
Whether you buy a small beech hedging plant or a larger beech standard tree, you are really buying exactly the same plant - it is just delivered to you at a different size.
This means that you can buy a young beech "hedging plant" and let it grow into a full size woodland tree.
If you want a big tree in a hurry, the best option is to use a "standard" sized green beech or copper beech tree.
Do you have wet soil? You might be better off with Hornbeam instead of beech.
General Advice on Caring for Beech Hedges:
How to Trim a new Beech Hedge
How to Trim a mature Beech Hedge
How to Restore an old, overgrown Beech Hedge
Your 12 Month Guarantee
If any plants die within a year, we replace them if you have followed our instructions. You only pay for
the delivery of the replacements.
Place an order for £250 excluding VAT and delivery and we deliver it for FREE!
Bare-root Plants are only delivered in the winter season, from November to March. Pot grown plants can be delivered all year round
Advantages of Bare-root plants:
You pay less for the same size plants.
You can carry and plan them easily.
You only plant them in winter, so they need less maintenance after
planting. The rain will water them for their first few months.
You get the biggest selection: Many trees are not sold pot-grown.
They are "asleep" in winter - this is the best time to transplant any tree.
They use fewer fertilisers & fungicides, less water and fuel in their production & delivery.
Advantages of Pot Grown plants:
Pot grown plants can be delivered & planted all year round.
Plants with tender roots & larger specimens must be delivered in pots.
Plants in pots can be kept for months longer if there is a delay in planting.
Our Advice to You:
If you can't wait to get planting, order Pot grown plants now.
If you are not in a hurry, order bare-root plants for delivery this winter. Simply add them to your basket and choose a winter delivery date that suits you during checkout.
This will reserve your plants before they sell out.
We won't charge you until the day before delivery, so cancelling your order is always easy.
If you are only ordering chemicals and other small items, delivery is £3.50
Our delivery charge for most bareroot plants is £9.49 + VAT.
If your order contains any standard sized trees, fruit trees or pot-grown plants, then the delivery charge is £12.55 + VAT in TOTAL.
If you live in the Scottish Highlands or the Isle of Wight, there will be an extra charge of £15 + VAT on top of the appropriate basic charge, as listed above.
If your order is over £250 exc. VAT, there will be no delivery charge.
If you are uncertain, just add items to your basket which will calculate the basic shipping charge for you.
