Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ Taxus Back To List Taxus Irish Yew Description: A large, bushy, upright evergreen shrub, columnar when young, later broader, with erect shoots bearing dark green leaves. Most Irish Yews are female and carry bright red fruits in autumn. An ideal formal feature tree. History: Originally found as two plants on the moors in Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1780. Received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Taxus Growing Tips: Tolerant of a wide range of growing conditions including shade and chalk but not waterlogged or poor draining soil. Will tolerate exposure, dry soils and urban pollution. Most parts of the plant are toxic, particularly if foliage is eaten by animals. Height and Spread (after 10 years): 4m x 2m Attributes Do not prune Drought tolerant Evergreen: Evergreen Leaf colour: Green Growth rate: SlowS Size: Small Needs well-draining site Chalk tolerant Open space planting Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydCo. AntrimCo. DownCo. WestmeathConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDublinDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Taxus baccata ‘David’ Taxus Upright and narrow in profile, slow growing. New growth is bright gold fading slightly as it ages. Toxic if eaten. Full Details Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’ Taxus The best golden form although very slow growing. A tight columnar habit. Toxic if eaten. Full Details Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Robusta’ Taxus A slow growing, dense, broad column with multi-pointed crown. Deep green needles & red cones in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details Taxus baccata Taxus Common Yew. Slow growing, small dark green leaves, red fruits. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘David’ Taxus Upright and narrow in profile, slow growing. New growth is bright gold fading slightly as it ages. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’ Taxus The best golden form although very slow growing. A tight columnar habit. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Robusta’ Taxus A slow growing, dense, broad column with multi-pointed crown. Deep green needles & red cones in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata Taxus Common Yew. Slow growing, small dark green leaves, red fruits. Toxic if eaten. Full Details