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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 baccata
( Adpressa Pyramidalis English Yew )
This cultivar is erect and has green foliage. The needles are flat, thin and shiny. The branching grows upward. The bark is typically reddish brown and the berries, when present, are red.

Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata' (syn. T. baccata ‘Stricta;') Taxaceae
Irish Yew TAKS-us ba-KA-ta ...

USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Taxus baccata is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.

Taxus Baccata ‘Golden Irish Yew'
Nothing gives a greater sense of timelessness than a backdrop of finely clipped, dark green yew hedging.

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 baccata Taxus cuspidata
(yew family)
TOXICITY RATING: Extremely toxic, death is likely.

Taxus baccata, the English or common yew, tolerates alkali soils, and is hardy zones 5-9. Taxus cuspidata, the Japanese yew, zone 4-7
Related Topics
Bulb Chipping
Cuttings
Root Cuttings
Cold Frames
Air Layering
Soil
Trees and Shrubs
Bonsai ...

Taxus baccata
Thunbergia laurifolia
Thunbergia mysorensis
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Turkish pine ...

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 ...

excelsa, 5 in Taxus baccata; in Pinus the needles usually fall in October of their third year). The larch (Larix) sheds its leaves in the autumn, in the Chinese larch (Pseudolarix Kaempferi) the leaves turn a bright yellow colour before falling.

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 ...

Syringa meyeri Meyer Lilac Syringa reticulata Tree Lilac Syringa vulgaris Common Lilac Botanical Name Common Name Tamarix ramosissima (pentandra) Five-stamen Tamarix Taxodium ascendens Pondcypress Taxodium distichum Baldcypress Taxus baccata ...

Taxonomic Serial Number: 194885
Also known as Taxus minor, Taxus baccata var. canadensis, Taxus baccata var. minor, Taxus baccata var. procumbens
Identification:
Description: ...

Densa yew (Taxus x media)
English yew (Taxus baccata 'Repandens')
Broadleaf Evergreens ...

Berberis julianae
Berberis thunbergii
Cryptomeria japonica
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Microbiota decussata
Taxodium distichum
Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata'
Taxus x media ...

When planting incorporate lots of well-rotted garden compost in the planting hole and stake well.
Goes well with: Taxus baccata, Skimmia japonica subsp.

Japanese black pine ( Pinus parviflora ) Strong, robust dark greyish-green needles. Yew ( Taxus baccata ) Blunt evergreen needles, dark green; bright scarlet 'berries' (arils).
Deciduous trees ...

See also: Taxus, Yew, Green, May, Evergreen