Scientific name: Taxus × media

Common name:  hybrid  yew

Family name: Taxaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 5-7m tall, 2-3m wide

Form: spreading. oval

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained. Humus rich

Leaf arrangement: needle-like. Spiraled.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: red drupe

Limitations: poisonous seed. Die back. Root rot.

Suitable uses: hedge. Really good hedge! Great in shade. Stays tight and narrow.

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Conifer. Needle-like. Spiraled. Yellow/green stomata bands(two on each side of midrib). Pointy leaves flat and linear. Two ranks. Needles all same size on branchlet; in sequoia sempervirens needles get smaller towards tip (feather like).

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