What plant is this?

[MotherOfWren]

Hi Mumsnetters, can you help me identify what plant this is grown in my front garden?

Picture?

Pictures below 😁

Copper beech...

They look very much like beech trees.

that looks like it's a newly (ish) planted beech hedge.

Seconded.

Copper beech.

Beech, I think.

Thanks all, that was quick! This is my first garden after living in a flat for 7 years and I'm very keen to start some planting in the back! Do I need to do anything do with these? Water regularly? No idea what I'm doing 😁

no, it's almost mainenance free once established.
you need to cut it so it doesn't encroach too much on pavement but that's about it.

How close are they?

Presume they are planted as hedging.

Weed and water (though it's probably ok for water now if you've similar weather

I cut my hedge just above head height. If you let it get too tall it’s a bit of a pain.

A couple of years to go before that happens though...