Bare Root ~ Beech Trees

The Beech Tree is a large, vigorous semi-deciduous tree with a broad, spreading crown. Leaves are oval with wavy edges, yellow-green in spring, bright green in summer and turning bronze in autumn and winter. Flowers are small, and fruits ripen in autumn to give edible nuts.

Bare root trees are dispatched from November. If your order contains other plants or trees available now, please get in touch if you would like the other trees sooner.

Beech makes a wonderful hedge as well as a beautiful stand alone tree with the leaves often remaining through the winter. Prune in spring and autumn to keep the shape and height you need. The young leaves are lime green, darkening with age. Male catkins hang on long stalks with the female flowers paired in a cup on the same tree in April and May and are wind pollinated.

Found in woodland, Beech grow to a height of 40m with a beautiful domed head. They give protection to other smaller species and are an important habitat for wildlife. They prefer a drier, free draining soil such as chalk, limestone and light loams.