Taxus baccata Taxus Back To List Taxus Common Yew Description: A slow-growing, medium-sized bushy evergreen tree with very small, needle-like, dark green leaves. Bright red, berry like fruits ripen in the autumn and are attractive to birds during the winter. Suitable for hedging and topiary, trimming is best carried out in May and September for the best result. History: Native to Britain, much of Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. 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): 6m x 3m Attributes Drought tolerant Evergreen: Evergreen Leaf colour: GreenM Size: Medium Growth rate: Slow Needs well-draining site Chalk tolerant Suitable for hedging 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 ‘Fastigiata’ Taxus ‘Irish Yew’. Compact erect habit, dark green leaves. and red fruits. 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 ‘Standishii’ Taxus The best golden form although very slow growing. A tight columnar habit. 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 ‘Fastigiata’ Taxus ‘Irish Yew’. Compact erect habit, dark green leaves. and red fruits. 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 ‘Standishii’ Taxus The best golden form although very slow growing. A tight columnar habit. 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