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Old 17-06-2007, 04:57 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Copper beech hedge

"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 17/6/07 16:45, in article , "Space"
wrote:

Does anyone have the above?

I have a row of about 8 leylandi that I want to take down and replace
with a
beech hedge. I'm looking for an evergreen hedge, and I can see that
beech
is deciduous.

The blurb I have come across states
"Strictly speaking, Beech is deciduous, but its crisp copper leaves,
which
stay on the plant until pushed off by the new bright green growth in
spring,
make it a great alternative to an evergreen hedge"

How true is the statement?

It's absolutely true if you keep your hedge to below 8' or so. The leaves
dry as if they would fall off but they don't.


cheers

whilst I am pondering, (I have a while, will hopefully plant the hedge in
September), I now need to figure out how many I need!!







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