Taxus baccata “Fastigiata,” with the common name Irish yew, is an extremely useful evergreen conifer for sun or shade. Most commonly used for hedging purposes, it has a naturally upright form ...

About 10 years ago, I planted several upright yews to provide privacy in ... home gardens this year — a sign of too much water. Yews (Taxus) are very sensitive to wet and poorly drained soils ...

Finally, a great centerpiece for a container is Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’. This slow-growing narrow upright yew is a sun lover. It can eventually reach 8 feet, but can be easily pruned to ...

True yews are trees and shrubs in the genus Taxus, also called English yews ... The basic type is a narrow, upright tree that grows 30 feet tall and 7 to 10 feet wide. My two oldest plants ...

Gardeners OK with switching out their boxwood for a deciduous shrub should consider any of the following dwarf shrubs: deutzia, spirea, weigela, potentilla or hydrangea.

Female cedar trees, for instance, produce large, fat, rounded cones that stand upright, Ogren writes, while males produce much smaller cones. The male yew (Taxus) and yew pine (Podocarpus ...

Common name: Spreading English yew 'Repandens' * Botanical name: Taxus baccata 'Repandens' * What it is: A dark-green, soft-needled evergreen with a wide, loose, spreading habit. Durable and ...

Canada yew (Taxus canadensis) is an understory shrub typically found in late successional forests. This gymnosperm is very shade tolerant and will often form dense layers near the forest floor. Canada ...

(J Smith, via email) Answer: The yew tree (Taxus baccata) is the oldest recorded tree. It is poisonous if eaten. Having said that, there is research at the moment looking into its cancer-fighting ...