Taxus baccata (Common Yew)
Common Name: Common Yew
Latin Name: Taxus baccata
Soil: deep, well-drained soil
Position: Full sun or shade
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Eventual height/ spread: 10m/7m
Special features: Often described as the ultimate hedging plant.
Yew is often described as the ultimate hedging plant, with neat, dark green needles and happy to take close clipping. If left to its own devices, it makes a handsome tree, with red-brown bark and a dense, broad, dark canopy. Yew is poisonous and if used as a hedge, should never be planted on a boundary where it could be grazed.
Taxus baccata
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This Taxus conifer is supplied container grown suitable for planting all year round. (Some examples of our 3 litre Conifers can be seen to the left.)
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