Taxus baccata Yew Back To List 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 Evergreen Leaf colour: GreenM Size: Medium Growth rate: Slow Award-winning Open space planting Needs well-draining site Chalk tolerant Drought tolerant Suitable for hedging 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 ‘Fastigiata Robusta’ Yew A slow growing, dense, broad column with multi-pointed crown. Deep green needles & red cones in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Aureomarginata’ Yew A dense compact tree with an ercect 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 ‘Fastigiata’ Yew Irish Yew. Compact erect habit, dark green leaves. Bright red fruits in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Robusta’ Yew A slow growing, dense, broad column with multi-pointed crown. Deep green needles & red cones in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details
Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata Aureomarginata’ Yew A dense compact tree with an ercect 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 ‘Fastigiata’ Yew Irish Yew. Compact erect habit, dark green leaves. Bright red fruits in autumn. Toxic if eaten. Full Details