Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Atropurpurea') 40/60cm Bare Root 3yr (1+2) pack of 25
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Product Code:
H40FAGSP12
Dispatched from November 2012
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From Only: £39.38 Ex VAT
Or £1.58 Per Plant
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Preferred common name: Purple Beech
Other common names: Copper Beech
 Our Royal Horticultural Society Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica`Atropurpurea`) is a large and fast-growing deciduous native plant with a broad spreading crown; elliptic, yellow-green leaves in spring, turning rich russet-brown in autumn; and small, green flowers, followed by bristly fruits The pink/purple foliage darkens to a rich copper in summer before turning golden brown in autumn.
Beech is grown for its superb foliage of delicate fluttery leaves with wavy edges. It has simple beautiful green leaves, which shine with life in spring and turn a beautiful bronze and yellow color in the autumn. It likes sun or partial shade and does well on almost any well drained soil (acid or alkaline).
Trimming the hedge during towards the end of summer helps retain its leaves throughout winter. The hedge retains copper foliage throughout the winter before the delight of its fresh new growth each spring.
Bare root hedging is a very low cost way of planting a hedge, but is only available to buy and plant when dormant (November-March). Orders ahead of 1st November will be stored to guarantee an early delivery date.
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Benefits
• (Fagus sylvatica 'Atropurpurea') is a native deciduous hedge that is fast growing
• Flower: Green (insignificant or absent in Spring)
• Foliage: Black-red in Spring, Bronze-green, Purple in summer, Russet in Autumn
• Fruit: Brown in Autumn
• Ultimate Height: 100ft (30m)
• Hedge Height: 3ft+ (90cm+)
• Average Growth/Year*: 1.5ft (45cm)
• Recommended Planting Distance: 3-5 per metre for a single row or 5-7 per metre for a double staggered row.
*Average Growth/Year= Average growth per year in first 10-20 years.
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