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Product Description
Our Yew Hedging is a classic native favourite that makes an excellent, long lived hedge. Taxus baccata is a vigorous compact evergreen that forms a wind and drought resistant hedge, sporting narrow leathery forest green leaves, sometimes with fleshy red fruit in autumn. It will tolerate most soils, once established will tolerate dry soils and shaded conditions. It is easy to maintain and manage, trimming and shaping when needed. Also popular as a free standing bush or for topiary or maintain and manage, trimming and shaping when needed. Also popular as a free standing bush or for topiary or containers. Taxus Baccata the Royal Horticultural Societys Award of Garden Merit for its reliable performance and for it's stability of colour. Red berry like fruit ripens in the autumn that will attract birds in the winter. Bare rooted plants supplied.
Plant Size
| Mature Height | 300 cm |
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| Mature Spread | 300 cm |
| Plant Spacing | 100 cm |
Planting Notes
| Planting | Plant in moisture retentive soil, along with a little peat/bonemeal surrounding the roots firmly. |
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| Soil Type | Humus rich, moisture retentive soil |
Growing at a glance…
Trim as required in summer and winter to help keep its shape. Plant in fertile, humus rich and moisture retentive soil. Apply some bonemeal when planting. Plant at approx 90cm apart.