This stately tree is well known for its smooth, grey bark and lush green, corrugated, elliptic foliage. This common beech will reach a height and spread of 10 x 6 metres in 20 years and can live for up to 200 years. Foliage turns bronze and yellow in the autumn and fruit called beech mast are produced, which are popular with a variety of wildlife, including deer and squirrels.
Fagus Sylvatica make a wonderful hedging plant as its dense, green foliage holds well and often the brown leaves after autumn colour will hang onto branches until new foliage emerges giving year round screening. This native tree will grow well in most conditions and does especially well in lime, alkaline soils. It will tolerate exposure but not wet or very cold sites. This tree is a grand choice for woodland or parkland planting.
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AKA Common beech, Green beech, European beech, Fagus sylvatica