Soils
Copper beech will grow on most soil types just as long as they are freely draining. Avoid dry or heavy clay soils.
Copper beech also known as purple-leaved beech is a deciduous British native. The deep rich purple leaf colour of copper beech hedges provide beautiful backdrops for planting schemes, and for this reason it is very popular for garden and landscape design projects. Copper beech, unlike the common green beech cannot tolerate a lot of shade. Copper beech needs sunlight to maintain the excellent deep purple leaf colour, so only short periods of light, dapple shade will be acceptable.
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Features of Copper Beech Hedge Plants
Soils
Copper beech will grow on most soil types just as long as they are freely draining. Avoid dry or heavy clay soils.
Location
To keep its deep purple-coloured leaves, copper beech requires plenty of sunlight. Copper beech suffers during droughts and does not like wet ground.
Annual Growth Rate
Copper beech will grow at a rate of around 40cm per year.
pH Tolerance
Prefers alkaline but will tolerate slightly acidic soil. Avoid planting into wet or dry ground.
Root Structure
Copper beech has a shallow, strong and dense, widely spreading root system. It is sensitive to disturbance or compaction of any kind.
Potential
Copper beech excels in calcareous soils and the leaves remain on the hedge throughout winter.
Annual Trimming
Always make a final trim of copper beech hedges in September which will maximise the dry-leaf retention during the winter months.
Characteristics
Copper beech hedge should be trimmed at a slight angle, wider at the bottom to allow light to shine onto the lower branches.
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Living products are supplied in excellent condition. Handled by specialist horticulturalists and installed if applicable by our highly trained landscape teams. Plants, trees, hedges and other living horticultural products rarely fail, however when we do see failures its frequently caused by the lack of awareness of how to care for newly planted / installed living products. Information on how to care for your plant, tree or hedge can be found on our website or by contacting us on info@hortlands.co.uk or calling 01895 438811. Care and ownership of living products such as but not limited to plants, trees or hedges transfers to the client once delivered or installed. Hortlands will give information and guidance on how to best care for and manage living products supplied or supplied and installed but we cannot take responsibility for ongoing damages or failure of the product due to neglectful aftercare or contamination. Hortlands guarantees the living products have been grown, prepared for delivery, and correctly cared for prior to transporting and installation. Hortlands guarantees its landscape teams will handle, transport and if applicable plant / install living products to high horticultural and industry standards.
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