 | | | Privacy Hedge Plants: Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) The majestic Beech has been here since before we were an island - pollen in Hampshire has been dated back to 6000 BC. It is an antisocial tree, growing best among its own - hilltop beech groves are one of the most beautiful landscape features of Southern chalk downlands. It is adaptable, growing in most soils, and makes a very good privacy hedge as it holds its leaves over the winter. It is tolerant of shade, but it is vulnerable to dry conditions and squirrel damage.
Beech mast - produced irregularly - is a tremendous boon for all sorts of wildlife. Beech wood has been coppiced and pollarded since the Iron Ages (at least !) for fuel wood. In the 18th century tall straight limbed beech trees were grown for Windsor chair legs. Otherwise, the nuts used to be pressed into oil and the leaves both used for mattresses and mixed with gin to make an alcoholic drink, beech-leaf noyau. Seasoned wood will make for a lovely bright fire.
Provenance certificates are available on request for the smaller size trees, which are from the Southwest of England.
Smaller Sizes Supplier: Perrie Hale Forest Nursery
Standards Supplier : Ashridge Trees
50% of our profit on sales of Beech trees is donated to our Special Projects
| Size/Quantity | 1+ | 25+ | 500+ | | 40/60 cm | £2.00 | £1.40 | £0.70 | | 60/90 cm | £2.50 | £1.70 | £1.20 | | 90/120 cm | £4.70 | £3.00 | P.O.A. | | | 1+ | 3+ | | | | | 6/8 std | £56 | £51 | | | | | 8/10 std | £62 | £56 | | | | | | 10/12 std | £77 | £72 | | | |
Prices include VAT and delivery to mainland UK. Orders over £100 qualify for a bulk discount.
Please note that standard sizes relate to tree girths in cm. See our planting and size guide for details and tips on planting. These trees are all bare root, and are consequently available for delivery from November until March ( please ask if you are interested in pot grown plants). During the lifting season there may be up to two week’s delay between placing the order and dispatching, due to weather conditions or pressure of orders, which are dealt with in date sequence. Orders placed between March and September are confirmed in September ready for dispatch from November.
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