Taxus cuspidata 'Nana'
Yew
Yews' dense medium-sized shrubs are commonly used in clipped hedges and topiary. These slow-growing, long-lived plants range from 1-foot dwarfs to 60-foot giant trees.
Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata'
Capitata Japanese Yew
Taxaceae
Located on south side of Graduate Studies Bldg., by parking lot.
Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
Spreading English Yew
Low-growing evergreen shrub with dark green needles and long, spreading branches that droop at the tips.
Taxus baccata. YEW. Europe, Asia, North Africa
TAXACEAE (Yew family)
Once one becomes familiar with the yew it is readily recognized by its dark green dense appearance. The needles are about an inch long, paler underneath, and may be in flat sprays.
Taxus media
( Andersonii Yew )
This yew has dark green leaves, spreading 4 to 5 feet in height. Wonderful color in winter. Taxus x media, depending on the cultivar, may range from 2 feet tall to 20 feet tall.
Taxus cuspidata Taxaceae
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.
USDA Plants Database
Taxus cuspidata is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and may seed into the landscape. See a map of the states in which Japanese yew has escaped (opens a new window).
Cephalotaxus harringtonii 'Fastigiata'
- Cow's tail pine, Japanese Plumyew
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#249 Taxus floridana
Common Names: Florida yew
Family: Taxaceae (yew Family)
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Taxus Baccata ‘Golden Irish Yew'
Nothing gives a greater sense of timelessness than a backdrop of finely clipped, dark green yew hedging.
Taxus species
Trees and Shrubs, Bonsai
Seed experiences double dormancy: chip and sow, leave at 70F/21C for 3 months, then chill 3 months 70F/21C, and grow warm again. Refrigerate again if no germination in 3 months.
Taxus baccata 'Dovastoniana' AGM: (female) forms a small tree with tiers of wide, spreading branches and weeping branchlets with very dark green leaves. A useful plant for providing a horizontal element in a border.
Taxus canadensis
Canada Yew
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Cephalotaxus harringtonia
COMMON: Japanese Plum Yew
LEAVES: Needle-like, soft, evergreen, 1 to 2" long
SIZE: 5 to 10'tall, equal in width
HARDINESS: 6 to 9
HABIT: Shrub, similar width and height, dense
GROWTH RATE: Slow ...
Taxus brevifolia Nutt. Western or Pacific Yew.
These are trees ranging in height from 5 to 10 meters tall. The erect trunks can be either straight or contorted. The outer, purplish scaled bark is thin. The inner bark is reddish purple.
Taxus baccata Taxus cuspidata
(yew family)
TOXICITY RATING: Extremely toxic, death is likely.
Taxus baccata
Thunbergia laurifolia
Thunbergia mysorensis
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Turkish pine ...
TAXUS INSECTS
TAXUS DISEASES
Thuja occidentalis--White Cedar, American Arborvitae ...
Yew (Taxus) - This, one of the most beautiful of evergreen trees, has long been used in our flower gardens, clipped and distorted in what is called "topiary" work.
Yew Origins and Uses ...
Amentotaxus yunnanensis
Family: Cephalotaxaceae
Yunnan suihuashan
Origin: southeastern Asia ...
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Duke Gardens' (Perennial Plum Yew)
Okay, picture a normal yew that has been stepped on by an elephant...got the picture? This remarkable plant was first discovered in Duke Gardens, NC in 1958...
Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Korean Gold'
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Notes
Taxus is a Latin word for "bow." Some historians believe that Robin Hood's bow was made from English yew.
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Hill's Yew (Taxus media 'Hillii')
Height: 150 cm
Spread: 125 cm
Location: full sun or full shade
Cultivation: well-drained, fertile soil
Foliage colour: dark green
Fruit: red aril covers seed.
Seed poisonous
Zone 5 ...
The English yew, Taxus baccata, and its cultivars are the most popular yews used as ornamentals. This species is also well known in English history and folklore for the excellent bows made from the wood.
Scientific noun: Taxus baccata L.
Family: Taxáceas
Habitat: In humid forests of the European mountains, North of Africa and Western Asia. It is cultivated in gardening.
65. Irish Yew
(Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata')
Other Common Names: Common Yew, European Yew
Family: Taxaceae ...
21. Canada Yew / Taxus canadensis
leaf
1-3 cm long, 1-3 mm wide.
dark green in colour.
apex narrowing to a sharp tip.
form a close spiral around the stem.
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Subject : Cephalotaxus
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Goes well with: Taxus baccatta, Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White', Epimedium x rubrum, Dryopteris filix-mas, Brunnera macrophylla, Galanthus nivalis.
Similar Plants:
Paperbark Maple
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Taxus, Cupressus, &c.), or more usually Micro- (Pinus, Larix, &c.) it reaches maturity before the dehis- cence of the microsporangium.
Tejo - Taxus baccata
Tejón - Taxus baccata
Tela metálica - Myrica gale
Temoe-lawaq - Curcuma xanthorrhiza
Tepescohuite - Mimosa tenuiflora
Tepezcohuite - Mimosa tenuiflora
Tercianaria - Scutellaria galericulata
Terebinto - Pistacia terebinthus ...
name for evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, somewhat similar to hemlock but bearing red berrylike fruits instead of true cones.
Cephalotaxus harringtonii - Japanese Plum Yew
Cycas revoluta - Sago Palm
*Euonymus japonicus - Japanese Euonymus
*Fatsia japonica - Fatsia
Gardenia jasminoides - Gardenia
Ilex species - Holly
Illicium species - Anise Tree ...
This year's Wayside catalog does not list Cephalotaxus, probably because of unavailability of supply or poor sales during the years it was listed. Just like the blue-light special at K-Mart, better get them while they last.
Many types of Junipers and Taxus may serve as evergreen screens, to block the sight of an undesirable (or private) view in the nearby landscape.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s one or more members of genus Cephalotaxus (commonly known as Plum Yew), was confused with this.
HARRINGTON PLUM YEW
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'fastigiata'
General Notes
Slow growing, but this characteristic may be advantageous for a low maintenance hedge. SelecTree lists 1 cultivar: 'fastigiata' ...
Littleleaf Boxwood (Buxus)
Yew (Taxus)
Inkberry (Ilex glabra)
Dwarf Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata 'Compacta')
Convexa Holly (Ilex crenata 'Convexa') ...
flat needles, as opposed to pine or spruce, which will not press) are useful, mainly for background work. The store should always contain as many sprays as possible of Chamcecyparis (False Cypress), Cypressus (Cypress), Juniperus (Juniper), Taxus ...
The leaves are deep glossy green, nearly linear, and are spirally arranged along the stem. Shrubby Japanese Yew resembles a true Yew (Taxus spp.), hence the common name. This is a great plant to use as a screen or a specimen.
At its feet grow other natives-rhododendron ( Rhododendron macrophyllum), ocean spray ( Holodiscus discolor), Pacific bayberry ( Myrica californica), snowberry ( Symphoricarpos albus), and Pacific yew ( Taxus brevifolia).
Japanese black pine ( Pinus parviflora ) Strong, robust dark greyish-green needles. Yew ( Taxus baccata ) Blunt evergreen needles, dark green; bright scarlet 'berries' (arils).
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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, May, Evergreen, Maple
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