
Yew
- Botanical Name
- Taxus species
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 7
- Height
- 3 to 40 feet
- Width
- 4 to 20 feet
- Flowers
- Dioecious, male globose, female stalked and conical
- Fruit
- Red fleshy cone
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Transplant as balled and burlap or container
- Declines in wet soil
- Tolerates shearing
- Problems
- Foliage is poisonous to many animals, mealybugs, black vine weevil, twig blight, winter damage
- Varieties
- Taxus x media 'Hicksii' - good hedging yew
- Taxus x media 'Bean Pole' - 8' tall by 8" wide
- Taxus x media 'Chadwickii' - winter tolerant, low spreading form
- Taxus cuspidata 'Aurescens' - 3' rounded, bright green new foliage aging to green
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