Dying bare root beach hedge

jejaundrell · July 2021

Hi,

Any advice welcome, as I am a novice gardener. I planted 20 bare root copper beach hedge plants last Autumn. Most of them seem to have taken ok, while 2 look poorly and another 2 Look like they

could be dead. I have attached a couple of pictures.

Do I leave the 2 which I think have died over the summer/ Autumn to see if they come again?

Thanks

james

Bilje · July 2021

If you scrape a small section of bark off the dead looking ones it would be green if the beech is still alive. If they are dead there’s no reason not to leave them in situ until you are ready to replant in the late Autumn, that’s what I’d do anyway.

My beech hedge is now 35years old. The year we moved in we planted a 35 foot bare root beech hedge…every one died! They supplier replaced them. It was thought the originals had been allowed to dry out in transit.

jejaundrell · July 2021

Thanks for your info, I will take a look tonight when I get back from work. I think it was the late frost which did for them.

Thanks again.

Fairygirl · July 2021

Frost wouldn't affect beech, unless it was already failing for another reason. It's totally hardy

Sometimes plants simply don't make it, but if the planting area was well prepped, and they were well watered, they should have been ok. They may have dried out in early spring when it was very dry in many areas. They do take a while to establish, as all hedging plants do, so it's important to maintain watering for the first year.
They're large plants, which are harder to establish unfortunately. Smaller saplings take much more readily.

Dying bare root beach hedge

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