Hg BEECH PURPLE Fagus sylvatica atropurpurea
| Av Growth/yr: 1-2ft | Hedges: 3ft+ | Max height: 100ftx50ft | Trim In: summer |
 Windy/Exposed |
Chalky Soil |
Native Plant |
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Has all the attributes of Green Beech but with a rich and deep purple colouring in summer instead of green also favours well drained soil and full sun for deepest colouring.
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| Price per plant for quantity shown (Minimum order as shown. Special prices for more than max shown) |
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| Plant Availability | Size(s) Available |
1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | Add to Basket | ||
| Nov-Mar | 1.5-2FT TR | 2.59 |
1.64 |
1.44 |
1.27 |
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| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| Nov-Mar | 2-3FT TR |
2.79 |
1.99 |
1.90 |
1.70 |
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| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| Nov-Mar | 3-4FT TR |
3.79 |
2.95 |
2.58 |
2.28 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| Nov-Mar | 3-4FT F.W. TR |
4.99 |
3.95 |
3.48 |
3.10 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| Nov-Mar | 4-5FT F.W. TR |
6.29 |
5.49 |
4.84 |
4.25 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| Nov-Mar | 5-6FT F.W. TR |
10.95 |
8.95 |
7.80 |
7.10 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| Nov-Mar | 6-8FT FT |
21.00 |
17.50 |
15.40 |
13.50 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 5-49 | 50+ | |||||||
| Oct-Mar | 5-6FT RB*{Hs}  |
14.50 |
12.75 |
Out of Stock | ||||
| 5-49 | 50+ | |||||||
| Oct-Mar | 6-8FT RB*{Hs} |
19.50 |
17.20 |
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| 5-49 | 50+ | |||||||
| Oct-Mar | 8-10FT RB DD{Hs} | 29.50 |
26.00 |
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| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| All Year . Available from 20 Jun | 15-24INS P 1L | 3.54 |
2.95 |
2.58 |
2.28 |
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| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| All Year | 2-3FT P 1L | 4.75 |
3.95 |
3.48 |
3.10 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| All Year | 3-4FT P 3L | 8.35 |
6.95 |
6.10 |
5.35 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| All Year | 3-4FT P*4L  |
9.55 |
7.95 |
6.98 |
6.15 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| All Year | 4-5FT P* 4L  |
13.15 |
10.95 |
9.65 |
7.70 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| All Year | 5-6FTP* 10L  |
18.60 |
15.50 |
13.98 |
12.50 |
Out of Stock | ||
| 1-4 | 5-49 | 50-249 | 250+ | |||||
| All Year | 6-8FT P* 10L  |
24.90 |
21.50 |
19.60 |
17.50 |
Out of Stock |
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PURPLE BEECH HEDGE-PURPLE BEECH HEDGING, FAGUS SYLVATICA PURPUREA HEDGE
The native Purple Beech is a particularly versatile hedging plant, suitable for both formal garden hedges and more extensive stockproof country hedgerows. When trimmed as a hedge Purple Beech can easily be maintained at any height from 2ft upwards. Purple Beech is similar to its green leaved cousin in all other respects but is far more colourful especially for garden hedges.
The delicate wavy edged new foliage emerges light green-purple in late spring and darkens to a rich reddish purple during the summer months. As autumn progresses these leaves will often change to a buttery golden yellow before turning to a familiar rich copper in winter.
Purple Beech is technically a deciduous tree however Beech Hedges will retain their leaves in winter, this can be encouraged by giving your Beech Hedge its annual hair cut in late summer.The retained leaves give year round privacy making a Beech Hedge a good alternative to evergreen plants. The coppery brown leaves are also unharmed by salt spray and pollution making Purple Beech an excellent choice for a roadside hedge.
Beech Hedges may be grown successfully in full sun or part shade and will grow in any reasonable soil (including chalk) providing it is well drained. If your soil becomes waterlogged in winter we would recommend you plant Hornbeam^Hornbeam Hedging Page^another native species that thrives in wetter conditions. Purple Beech is a tough and relatively fast growing plant (1-2ft per year) it will tolerate exposed windy sites and drought once stablished.
We recommend hedging plants are spaced 12-18 inches apart (30-45cm) for new single row Beech Hedges, for a really thick hedge plant a staggered double row with 18-24 inches (45-60cm) between the plants and 15 inches (38cm) between the rows.
All of the Purple Beech plants on this page are suitable for hedging, we have an unrivalled selection of sizes to suit all budgets available bare rooted, rootballed or pot grown. More information about these options can be found in our plant size guide^Plant size guide^. We also have large standard Purple Beech trees^Purple Beech standard trees^which are suitable for planting as individual specimen trees.
All plants are covered by our guarantee^link to guarantee^and we supply full planting instructions for your new Beech hedge. Rootgrow and Bonemeal will help your new Beech Hedge establish successfully and may be found on the left hand menu.
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