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TAXUS
Commonly known as Yew
Further Reading....
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Evergreen
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Conifer - dioecious- male and female needed for berries. Male flowers are small, yellow and shed pollen. Female seeds ripen in centre of waxy, bright-red aril.
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Medium shrub - Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tree
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Full shade -
Full sun -
Partial shade -
Caution, toxic if eaten - Do not eat these plants. - dangerous to humans and animals -
Additional Features - Good to know - - good as specimen plants, for hedging or topiary -
Medicinal properties - well known for providing the (originally named) taxol drug used in cancer therapy. -
Pests & Diseases - tortrix moth caterpillars, vine weevil, yew scale, phytophthora root rot. -
Place of origin - from northern temperate regions to the Phillippines and Central America -
Soil Conditions - Alkaline / Chalk loving -
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Fertile well drained soil
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Tolerates all - grows in chalky or acidic soil but will not succeed on poorly drained soils
Taxus - Care Guide
- Yew Hedge Trimming - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Poisonous yew seeds in autumn - Video Tip ondemand_video
Trees - Care Guide
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Checking ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of TAXUS
TAXUS baccata 'Dovastonii Aurea' >
Commonly known as: Golden yew, Westfelton yew.
Yellow margined leaves on golden-yellow shoots. Spreading habit with drooping branchlets. Female tree
TAXUS baccata 'Fastigiata' 'Aureomarginata' >
Commonly known as: Irish yew.
Yellow margined leaves on this Irish yew
TAXUS baccata 'Repens Aurea' >
Commonly known as: Yew.
Low spreading yew with leaf margins yellow when young turning cream later. Needs full sun for the best leaf colour
TAXUS baccata 'Standishii' >
Commonly known as: Yew.
Narrow and columnar habit with golden yellow leaves, very slow growing
