species
Taxus baccata
Yew
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Taxus baccata belongs to the family Taxaceae, also known as Yew, native to the UK. It reaches 12 m tall and 8 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, part shade or shade, on chalk, loam or clay soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It tolerates coastal exposure. It is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H7 (very hardy): Below −20°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 12 m tall × 8 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H7 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Chalk, Loam, Clay
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Native
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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