Botanical Name: Taxus baccata 'Stricta'
Common Name: Irish yew
Type of Plant: conifer: tree/shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape An erect, single-trunked, very upright shrub in youth, with ascending branches forming a columnar or narrow pyramidal canopy; with age becomes a tall narrow column if unpruned
Height 10' - 20'(30')
Spread 3' - 6'
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers full sun; tolerates partial sun in Southern Calif.
Soil thrives in moist acidic soils; is drought tolerant after establishment
Hardiness (zones 3-9, 14-24) very hardy: thrives in cold-temperate climate areas
 
Morphology:
Leaves small narrow flattened needles, two-ranked, dark green, 1/2" - 1" long
Flowers none
Fruit if present, a small fleshy red berrylike structure
 
Propagation:
hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
an excellent small-scale vertical accent tree or screening material for its narrow form and dark green foliage; can be sheared into formal hedges or topiary; all parts are poisonous
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular; drought-tolerant after established
Fertilizing little needed after established; chlorotic if over-watered
Pruning to shape desired, as needed
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Northern Europe
Family: Taxaceae

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