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Evergreen
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ConiferDioecious- 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 shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tree
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Full shade -
Full sun -
Partial shade
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Additional Features
Good to knowGood as specimen plants, for hedging or topiary
Medicinal propertiesWell known for providing the (originally named) taxol drug used in cancer therapy.
Pests & DiseasesTortrix moth caterpillars, vine weevil, yew scale, phytophthora root rot.
Place of originFrom northern temperate regions to the Phillippines and Central America -
Soil ConditionsAlkaline / Chalk lovingFertile well drained soilTolerates allGrows in chalky or acidic soil but will not succeed on poorly drained soils
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Toxic - Category B - CAUTION
Toxic if eaten(People & Pets)
Taxus - Care Guide
- Growing Taxus
- 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
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - 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
Common yew, English yew
Small
Gift-wrapping available
MULTIBUY
individually £12.50 each , 10+ £11.00 each
TAXUS baccata 'Dovastonii Aurea'
Golden yew, Westfelton yew
yellow margined leaves on golden-yellow shoots. Spreading habit with drooping branchlets. Female tree
Gift-wrapping available
TAXUS baccata 'Fastigiata'
Irish yew
upright form with very dark green leaves
Gift-wrapping available
TAXUS baccata 'Fastigiata' 'Aureomarginata'
Irish yew
yellow margined leaves on this Irish yew
Gift-wrapping available
£15.50 each
TAXUS baccata 'Repens Aurea'
Yew
low spreading yew with leaf margins yellow when young turning cream later. Needs full sun for the best leaf colour
Gift-wrapping available
£15.50 each
TAXUS baccata 'Semperaurea'
Golden Irish yew, Yew
bright gold foliage
Gift-wrapping available
£15.50 each
TAXUS baccata 'Standishii'
Yew
narrow and columnar habit with golden yellow leaves. Very slow growing
Gift-wrapping available
£15.50 each
Useful extras...
Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
3 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
2 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants.
Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
Only £7.50
Garden Goodies
Slate Plant Labels
These wonderfully tactile natural slate plant labels are hand made in Cornwall and come with a chalk pen.
Just stick them in your pot or border. Pack of 6.
Only £10.20
Garden Goodies
Slate Tie-on Plant Labels
Hand made in Cornwall, these delightful natural slate labels are perfect for pots.
Comes with chalk pen. Pack of 5
Only £10.20
