Yew Hedge
Yew can be used as a hedge and trimmed to any shape. It grows well in zones 6-9.
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Yew
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name for evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Taxus, somewhat similar to hemlock but bearing red berrylike fruits instead of true cones.
Yew hedging, like other evergreens, is best planted in September to October or March to April
Buy plants that are 45-60cm (18-2ft) high, as these tend to establish more successfully and grow away better than larger plants.
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. Their broad, needlelike dark leaves stay green year-round.
Western yew
Taxus brevifolia
A low spreading shrub to a small tree, 5 to 15 metres tall; young trees are often square in profile, becoming more cone-shaped with age.
Canada Yew
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Yew is the common name for the 8 species of the genus Taxus in the yew family, Taxaceae. These shrubs or small trees have thin, reddish-brown to purple, scaly bark.
Yew is poisonous, so don't eat the slimy red berries or the leaves. Its wood is hard, heavy, dark, fine, lovely and prized for making bows. It can also be burned as incense.
(yew family)
TOXICITY RATING: Extremely toxic, death is likely.
ANIMALS AFFECTED: All animals (livestock, pets and birds).
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. In general, form is broadly pyramidal with a central leader.
Plum yew grows in full sun or moderate shade. It tolerates drought but grows a bit faster if given a good soil and water during dry spells. Like all conifers, avoid poorly drained site.
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.
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.
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.
Spreading English Yew
Low-growing evergreen shrub with dark green needles and long, spreading branches that droop at the tips.
Yew Pine
Podocarpus macrophyllus (Th.) Sw. 1818
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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
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lig-yew-LAR-ee-ah Common Name: Ligularia, elephant ear
Ligularia is a genus of about 150 ornamental perennial plants native to Central and East Asia and some parts of Europe. They're often found near large bodies of water.
aka Yew pine
leaves will be lighter in summer in response to reflected heat
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This yew pine has been carved into a cube shape and assigned to guard an entryway.
Moisture: Fertile, well drained soil preferred but yew pine is tolerant of many types except for those that are constantly wet.
Hardiness: USDA Zones 8-10.
Plum yew (Podocarpus macrophyllus), Florida anise (Illicium floridanum), taller varieties of yaupon holly (Ilex vomitoria) and many other plants can be considered when looking for appropriate red tip photinia alternatives.
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Hybrid Yew, Anglojapanese Yew TAKS-us MEE-di-a
Conifer, evergreen shrub, variable in height, 3-20 ft (0.9-6 m), (depending upon cultivar), spreading, shoots olive green, often reddish on the sunny side. Needles similar to those of T. cuspidata.
Pacific yew Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt. symbol: TABR2
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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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CHINESE PLUM YEW
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Silken Thomas Yew, St Patrick's College, Maynooth
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The magnificent yew bonsai
Be captivated by the yew bonsai. A classic species!
Japanese Bonsai Garden
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Common yew, English yew, Japanese yew (Taxus baccata, Taxus cuspidata)
Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium phalaenopsis, Dendrobium bigibbum)
Copperleaf (Alternanthea reineckii) ...
Golden Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara 'Shalimar' Shalimar Cedar Cedrus libani Cedar of Lebanon Celastrus orbiculatus Chinese Bittersweet Celtis occidentalis Hackberry Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Cephalotaxus harringtonia Japanese Plum Yew ...
The stamens of Araucaria and Agathis are peculiar in bearing several long and narrow free pollen-sacs; these may be compared with the sporangiophores of the horsetails (Equisetum); in Taxus (yew) the filament is attached to the centre of a large ...
' Other authorities argue that the name used here is a varied form of that by which the Yew is known in at least five of the Gothic languages, and which appears in Marlowe and other Elizabethan writers as 'hebon.
The dark foliage of English yew trees makes a splendid background for a range of white- or pale-flowered clematis.
(False Yew)
Cestrum sp. and hybrids (Willow leaf Jessamine)
Chamaerops humilis (Fan Palm)
Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats)
Cheilanthes sp. (Lip Fern)
Chrysogonum virginianum (Green and Gold)
Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh) ...
The Chinese plum yew is a very slow growing shrub or small tree[185] that has excellent potential as a nut crop in Britain. It usually fruits regularly and well in most parts of the country[K] and does well in Cornwall[59].
Taxus Baccata ‘Golden Irish Yew'
Nothing gives a greater sense of timelessness than a backdrop of finely clipped, dark green yew hedging.
Podocarpus macrophylla (also called P. chinensis): kusamaki, Buddhist pine, Chinese yew, bigleaf podocarps, swallow's tongue pine - this Chinese native bears green or purple fruit. In the wild, it can grow up to 40 ft.
Normally hedges are used, especially evergreen ones, such as yew, a slow grower, and Lonicera nidita, a fast grower, which unfortunately may suffer from a hard winter in an exposed situation.
Littleleaf Boxwood (Buxus)
Yew (Taxus)
Inkberry (Ilex glabra)
Dwarf Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata 'Compacta')
Convexa Holly (Ilex crenata 'Convexa') ...
Lobularia maritima
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Sweet Alyssum
Nicotiana x sanderae
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Taxus x media
Anglojap Yew
Taxaceae
Serves as the hedge around the Perkins Garden outside the W.B. Young building.
Golden Euonymus;
or, Variegated Japanese Yew;
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The tree looks especially handsome planted against a very dark green background such as yew, to set off its golden beauty effectively. It is a wonderful specimen plant for a sheltered spot though it tends to decline after 40 - 50 years.
They consist of intricate designs of low hedges forming patterns, the centres of which are filled with coloured gravels or brightly coloured bedding plants. Evergreen shrubs of box or yew, ...
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).
Yellow Oat-grass, Yellow Oxalis, Yellow Pimpernel, Yellow Rattle, Yellow Rhododendron, Yellow Saxifrage, Yellow Star Thistle, Yellow Star of Bethlehem, Yellow Vetch, Yellow Vetchling, Yellow Water-lily, Yellow Whitlow-grass, Yellow-wort, 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: Green, May, Taxus, Evergreen, Conifer
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