Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
Spreading English Yew
Taxaceae
Evergreen, Ground covers, Shrubs
TAXUSYews are conifers, but they do not bear cones. Instead, they produce fleshy, scarlet (rarely yellow), cup-shaped, single-seeded, berrylike fruit. In general, yews are darker green, more formal looking, and more tolerant of shade and moisture than most cultivated conifers. Long lived; take much shearing and pruning, since they sprout from bare wood.
From Europe, north Africa, west Asia. Grows 25 to 40 ft. or taller, 15 to 25 ft.wide, with a broad, low crown. Needles are 1/2 to 1 1/2 in. long, dark green and glossy above, pale beneath; spirally arranged.
'Repandens'Long, horizontal, spreading branches make this a 2 to 4-ft.-high ground cover. It extends to 8–10 ft. wide after many years.Useful low foundation plant. Will arch over wall.
Taxus baccata
From Europe, north Africa, west Asia. Grows 25 to 40 ft. or taller, 15 to 25 ft.wide, with a broad, lo...
Taxus baccata 'Repandens'
Long, horizontal, spreading branches make this a 2 to 4-ft.-high ground cover. It extends to 8–1...
Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' ('Stricta')
This becomes a green column 15 to 30 ft. tall, 3 to 10 ft.wide. Has larger needles and more crowded, u...
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