Scientific name: Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’

Common name:  Irish yew

Family name: Taxaceae

Useful cultivars and selections: HM Eddie.

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 7-10m  tall, 2-3m wide

Form: columnar, low branching.

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: acidic. Well-drained

Leaf arrangement: needle-like. Alternate.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: red drupe.

Limitations: poisonous seed. Needs moist soil or will die until established. Too tight for regular plantings(sticks out). Slow growth.

Suitable uses: hedge, screening. After established; very drought tolerant.  Architectural (vertical element).

Quick ID: conifer. Shrub. Evergreen. Europe. Needle-like. Alternate. Very dark green needles. Tight to branch needles; can see midrib. Decurrant (base of needle runs along branch). Mostly spirally arranged.

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