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Copper Birch or Green Beech Hedging???

HeafybeafyHeafybeafy Posts: 8
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Hello All, I am a very amateur gardener and I am looking to plant a hedge along the boundary of my front garden.  My husband and I spotted a fab hedge when walking through the grounds of a stately home and the gardener told us that it was called 'Copper Birch'. On arriving home I keenly googled 'hedging' 'Copper Birch', but the threads that were listed were for 'Green Beech'.  Are they one and the same perchance? I  am going round in circles on the internet trying to find the answer and am rapidly losing the will to live lol, so I thought I'd throw the question out there to the experts.  Hornbeam looks very nice too and similar to beech.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Beech is what you want for hedging, copper or green. Lovely choice.image

    Birch is not a hedging plant, lovely tree though

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • HeafybeafyHeafybeafy Posts: 8

    Thanku soooooooooo much 4 yr comments.  image

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    If your site is prone to being very wet, Hornbeam will do better than Beech. Otherwise - nut's advice is spot on  image

    as always image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • HeafybeafyHeafybeafy Posts: 8

    thanku image

  • Gloves n WelliesGloves n Wellies Posts: 101
    And beech hedging only needs to be trimmed once a year, usually in late July. Good luck with your new hedge!
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