Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ Yew Find a stockist Contact The Tree Shop Back To List 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 Evergreen Leaf colour: Green Growth rate: SlowS Size: Small Award-winning Open space planting Needs well-draining site Do not prune Chalk tolerant Drought tolerant Back To List Find a local stockist by selecting your county: Select a CountyAberdeenshireAngusArgyllshireAvonAyrshireBedfordshireBerkshireBristolBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCardiffCarmarthenshireCeredigionChannel IslandsCheshireClwydConwyCornwallCumbriaDenbighshireDerbyshireDevonDorsetDumfriesshireDunbartonshireDurhamEast LothianEast SussexEssexFifeGlamorganGloucestershireGwentGwyneddHampshireHerefordshireHertfordshireHumbersideInverness-shireIsle of ManKentLanarkshireLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonLondonderryManchesterMerionethMerseysideMid GlamorganMiddlesexMidlothianMonmouthshireMontgomeryshireMorayshireNorfolkNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshirePembrokeshirePerthshirePowysRenfrewshireRoxburghshireRutlandShropshireSomersetSouth YorkshireStaffordshireStirlingshireSuffolkSurreyTaysideTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest LothianWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWigtownshireWiltshireWorcestershireYorkshire Search Discover these similar varieties… Taxus baccata ‘David’ Yew Upright and narrow in profile, slow growing. New growth is bright gold fading slightly as it ages. Toxic if eaten. Full Details Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Robusta’ Yew Slow growing, dense, broad column with multi-pointed crown. Deep green needles and red cones in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Aureomarginata’ Yew A dense compact tree with an erect habit. The leaves have yellow margins. Height after 10 years up to 6m Full Details Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’ Yew The best golden form although very slow growing. A tight columnar habit. Bright red fruit. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘David’ Yew Upright and narrow in profile, slow growing. New growth is bright gold fading slightly as it ages. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Robusta’ Yew Slow growing, dense, broad column with multi-pointed crown. Deep green needles and red cones in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Aureomarginata’ Yew A dense compact tree with an erect habit. The leaves have yellow margins. Height after 10 years up to 6m Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’ Yew The best golden form although very slow growing. A tight columnar habit. Bright red fruit. Toxic if eaten. Full Details