Fagus Atropunicea The Copper Beech Hedge
21 years online - still growing strong
Copper Beech hedging combines the traditional appearance of Beech with rich purple and copper-toned foliage, creating an attractive boundary with excellent seasonal interest. Fagus sylvatica Atropunicea develops dense growth that responds well to regular clipping, making it ideal for formal hedges, garden boundaries and screening. The foliage gradually changes colour through the seasons, with clipped hedges often retaining their copper-brown leaves well into winter.
Copper Beech is a distinctive deciduous hedging plant valued for its changing foliage colour and dense, well-branched growth. New leaves emerge in rich shades of purple and bronze before developing deeper tones through the growing season, followed by warm copper-brown foliage in autumn.
Regular trimming encourages a thick hedge and can help the dried foliage remain on the branches through much of the winter, providing additional seasonal screening before fresh leaves appear in spring. Copper Beech is particularly effective where you want a traditional hedge with more colour than the familiar green form.
For the classic alternative, explore our Green Beech hedging, or consider Hornbeam hedging for a similar traditional appearance and a plant that is particularly useful on heavier soils. You can also browse our complete range of hedging plants to compare different species for privacy, boundaries and garden structure.
