English Yew
Needle-like, dark green leaves on horizontal bra
| Needle-like, dark green leaves on horizontal branches and fleshy, cup-shaped, bright-red autumn fruits on female plants. The dark green foliage of this slow-growing, evergreen conifer provides an excellent background for shrub and herbaceous borders. Broadly conical in shape, it`s tolerant to dry shade, chalky and acid soils and urban pollution.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: any fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: slow-growingOther features: yellow, male cones in spring; female plants produce fleshy, cup-shaped, bright red autumn fruits; all parts of the plant are highly toxic if ingestedHardiness: fully hardyTo find out more about how to plant a hedge, click hereGarden care: Trim or renovate in summer or early autumnGoes well with: Phlox divaricata `White Perfume`, Pulmonaria officinalis `Sissinghurst White`, Polemonium caeruleum `Brise d`Anjou`, Sisyrinchium striatum, Hemerocallis `Cartwheels`, Tropaeolum majus `Climbing Mixed` |
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