When to prune or tidy this Beech?

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• Copperdog Posts: 617

  September 2023

  My daughters one looses leaves all winter. Well they go brown….thinking about it I think the brown leaves stay on over winter 🤔

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• Fire Posts: 19,096

  September 2023 edited September 2023

  I beech leaves stay on if you trim them in late summer (before the leaves start to turn).
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  September 2023

  Sorry @plant pauper - just saw your post. Yes - both behave the same way.
  The leaves might drop if you're in a very dry area, and therefore the plants become stressed [never happens here!]  especially if it's dry over winter, but if the hedging isn't too high, and there isn't very dry and/or windy weather, the foliage stays on.
  They both turn golden brown, which is why some people refer to beech as copper beech. 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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