Taxus baccata seed

LATIN NAME: TAXUS BACCATA

COMMON NAME: English Yew

The English yew arils the slow, dense tree with the soft, dark-green, needle-like leaves arranged in the neat rows and the small, greenish flowers, the fleshy, bright-red, cup-like arils following and each holding the single brown seed, ripening through the autumn. The tree keeps the deep-green form through the year, and it takes the close clipping well. It stands the cold, the shade, and the city air well. It likes the sun or the shade, and the moist, well-drained soil.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

In the yew family, the English yew has a long, honoured record in the studies of the long-lived evergreens, and the species appears in the research on the bark chemistry and the shade, clipping tolerance. The pharmacologists value the bark compounds, while the horticulturists note the dark, formal form that takes the close clipping. The seed biology fills out the picture, and the growers of the clipped hedges keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the formal garden, the English yew arils the branches with the red in the autumn. The deep-green form makes the neat hedges and the topiary, the red arils feed the birds, and the wood has served the longbows and the fine wares for the ages. It stands the cold, the shade and the city air and grows in the moist, well-drained ground. Patient, dark and long-lived.

To grow the English Yew from seed,

Sow the seeds into the moist, sandy mix of the cold frame, then cover them lightly, keep the frame in the cool, shaded spot and water gently

Keep the frame cool and just damp, and let the young plants grow on slowly. The red arils come in a few seasons.

. The seedlings push through within a few weeks, and they grow on slowly. Settle the young trees in the moist, well-drained ground, and the red arils will crown the autumn over the years.

 

 

 

 

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DESCRIPTION:

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NAME: Pacific Yew

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OTHER COMMON NAMES: Western Yew

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SCIENTIFIC NAME: Taxus Brevifolia syn. Taxus Baccata Brevifolia / Taxus Occidentalis

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COLOR: Evergreen Foliage / Ornamental Red Berries

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PLANT SEEDS: Fall / Cold stratify / Indoors weeks before last frost / Outdoors after danger of frost

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BLOOM TIME: Mar – May

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HARDINESS ZONE: 4 – 9

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PLANT HEIGHT: 30 – 45′

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PLANT SPACING: 15 – 25′

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LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun – Shade

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SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average – Dry

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