This Is A Bareroot Beech Hedge (Video)

The Beech Hedging you'll receive from Ashridge Nurseries

When you order bareroot beech hedging from us, the video below shows Andy, our Head Nurseryman, explaining what you'll get and how to care for it until you're ready for planting.

TRANSCRIPT

Today, we're going to talk a little bit about bareroot hedging, specifically beech hedging that you'll receive if you order any hedging from Ashridge Nurseries. So, we've got three of the most popular sizes we sell, the first one is 80/100cm, so this is one of the smallest ones we do, just about up to the waist. 100/125cm, which is just past your waist if you’re the same size as me.

One of the biggest ones we do is 150 to 175cm. So that's probably about five-year-old. This one, probably about three or four. This one, probably two or three. So you've got a lot of time invested in there already.

When they turn up, they'll be completely wrapped. So, they'll be in a plastic bag, and they’re wrapped to protect all the stems. When you unwrap them, if you're not going to plant them straight away, get them unwrapped, you can either leave them in the packaging, but just take the top off so that they’ve got a bit of air to breathe, or if you take it all completely off, just get an old plastic bag, slip them in, put them in, sprinkle a bit of water in there and tie them up. As long as the tops are out of there and the roots are in the dark, and they’re nice and moist, they’ll probably last about a month.

When you get them, just check for any damage. None of the stems have been snapped and the roots are all right. With beech hedging, don't worry too much if there's leaves left on there, they'll start to drop off. A beech hedge has the ability to keep the leaves on and it’s one of the most popular features of beech anyway. Once it's pruned and trimmed, it tends to keep the leaves over winter. If you’re not quite ready to plant just at the moment, you can either put them in a plastic bag, which we showed you, or you can dig a trench in the garden, just lay them down and as long as the roots are covered with soil, compost or whatever you want. Give them a water, and they'll stay quite happily over winter until you're ready to plant.