Shrubby Japanese Yew
Description
Podocarpus macrophyllus 'Maki' is a slow growing evergreen shrub that can reach 8-10' in height and 3-4' in width with a conical to dome shaped growth habit.
( Intermedia Japanese Yew )
This dwarf evergreen is usually grown as a round shrub, but can be grown as a small tree. It's heavy dark green leaves are linear with spiny tips. Leaves turn to a reddish-green tint in winter.
Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Zone 5, 2.5 m high x 2 m
Upright, spreading branches with clusters of flat, dark green needles Dense branches can be left unsheared for hedging; excellent nesting and winter cover for robins and blue jays.
Japanese yew Taxaceae Taxus cuspidata Siebold & Zucc. symbol: TACU
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Japanese Yew TAKS-us cu-pi-DA-ta
Evergreen conifer, tree/srub, to 65 ft (20 m) in its habitat, but more shurby in cultivation, branches ascending or horizontal. Bark reddish-brown. New growth reddish.
Common yew, English yew, Japanese yew (Taxus baccata, Taxus cuspidata)
Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium phalaenopsis, Dendrobium bigibbum)
Copperleaf (Alternanthea reineckii) ...
Botanical Name Common Name Tamarix ramosissima (pentandra) Five-stamen Tamarix Taxodium ascendens Pondcypress Taxodium distichum Baldcypress Taxus baccata English Yew Taxus baccata 'Repandens' Spreading English Yew Taxus cuspidata Japanese Yew ...
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Japanese Yew (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata')
Japgarden Juniper (Juniperus procumbens)
Japonica (Chaenomeles 'Minerva')
Japonica (Chaenomeles 'Orange Delight') ...
The Class Pinopsida includes mostly trees, such as hemlocks, firs, spruces, larches, and redwoods, but also includes shrubs such as junipers and Japanese yews. Their leaves are simple, often scale-like or needle-like.
Podocarpus macrophyllus
Japanese yew
Podocarpaceae Family
Compiled by the Master Gardeners
of the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension.
Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata'
Capitata Japanese Yew
Taxaceae
Located on south side of Graduate Studies Bldg., by parking lot.
#88 Podocarpus macrophylla
Common Names: podocarpus, yew podocarpus, Japanese yew, Buddhist pine
Family: Podocarpaceae (podocarpus Family)
Wallpaper Gallery (1 images) ...
The yews we grow in northern Arkansas are primarily selections of Taxus x media, a hybrid of the English yew and the Japanese yew.
Golden Euonymus;
or, Variegated Japanese Yew;
or, Gold-Edge Evergreen Euonymous ...
The most commonly cultivated yews in the E United States are varieties of the Japanese yew, T. cuspidata. Yews are often trimmed into hedges. Several related evergreen species are also cultivated for ornament, e.g.
Taxus chinensis - Chinese Yew
Taxus cuspidata - Japanese Yew
Taxus floridana - Florida Yew
Taxus globosa - Mexican Yew
Taxus media - Anglojap Yew
Taxus sumatrana - Sumatran Yew
Taxus wallichiana - Himalayan Yew ...
This east Asian tree has at least eight English names besides Yew Pine: Yew Podocarp, Longleaf Podocarp, Japanese Podocarp, Disciples-of-Buddha Pine, Buddhist Pine, Pine Yew, Southern Yew, and Japanese Yew.
Japanese Yew - Column shaped shrub that can grow to a height of 30 feet or more. Can grow in areas with a salt spray.
Saucer Magnolia - Works well as a hedge when used in groupings. Will grow to a height of 20 to 30 feet if not pruned.
Not as versatile as other species of yew for ornamental purposes.
Numerous horticultural varieties are available. Canada yew is more cold hardy than English yew (Taxus baccata) or Japanese yew (Taxuscuspidata), which are also used for ornamentals.
200 Irish yews from cuttings of plants that originated at Muckross House, Ireland, form the Yew Allee at Filoli in Woodside. The yews planted as a hedge on Serra Mall along the Lou Henry Hoover Building are cultivars of T. cuspidata, Japanese yew.
Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata
Japanese-rose Kerria japonica
Javanese glory-bower Clerodendrum speciosissimum
Jeffrey pine Pinus jeffreyi
Jersey rabbit-tobacco, Jersey cudweed Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum ...
 See also: Yew, Green, Taxus, Evergreen, Taxus cuspidata
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