Taxus species
(We 'Mail-Order' through-out New Zealand.)
Updated 26/05/2011
The main selections are of the Irish Yew.
Taxus baccata - English Yew. A very useful tree for hedging and topiary. Can be closely trimmed. Must have well drained soil. If let go without trimming, can become a very large bush. One of the few plants which will flourish under Beech and is remarkably tolerant of shade. Special prices given on request for hedging quantities. Yew is poisonous to stock including man but deer have been known to eat it without ill effect. Average annual growth of 20 cm. Zone 6.
| Cutting Grown | 17 cm HP | 70 cm high | Please Enquire |
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Taxus baccata 'Adpressa Aurea' - This plant has short leaves (less than 1.2 cm long) abruptly pointed. Leaves margined or tinted with yellow. The more sun - the more colour - however this plant lives very happily in varying amounts of shade. It is a female form and can eventually make a wide-spreading plant of dense growth habit. Easily trimmed. 60 cm high x 70 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6.
| 1.5 ltr HP | 15 cm high x 30 cm wide | Please enquire |
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Taxus baccata 'Amersfoort' - Small shrub, slow growing, with ascending main branches. Leaves radially arranged. Are less than 1 cm long and approximately half as wide. This plant slowly builds up a stiff upright growth habit. It is more of a curiosity than a thing of beauty. 1.1 metres high x 60 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6.
| Cutting Grown (Stkd) | 1.5 ltr HP | 1 mtr high | $19.50 |
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Taxus baccata 'Cavendishii' - Dwarf form, prostrate, and a very dark green. Very slow growing. Branches spreading along the ground, shoot tips pointing to the ground. Shade loving. 20 cm high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. May reach 40 cm high x 2 metres wide or more. Zone 6.
| Cutting Grown | 1.5 ltr HP | 10 cm high x 30 cm wide | $19.50 |
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Taxus baccata 'Dovastonii Aurea' - Grows exactly like the green form but much slower and with golden-yellow shoots. Needles usually yellow-green with a yellow margin. We have found it necessary to grow this plant in almost complete shade where it keeps its lovely golden colour all year. 50 cm high x 1.3 metres wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6.
| Cutting Grown | 1.5 ltr HP | 20 cm high x 40 cm wide | Please enquire |
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Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' - Irish Yew. Very dark green. A very much sought after tree. Gives great vertical accent to a garden. Stands hard pruning and will always shoot out again from old wood. Columnar habit. Excellent tub plant needing water only approximately once every 2 weeks in the hot dry weather. 2 metres high x 40 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6. |
| Cutting Grown | 2.5 ltr pot | 50 cm high | $19.50 |
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Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aurea' - Golden Irish Yew. A very much sought after tree. Gives great vertical accent to a garden. Stands hard pruning and will always shoot out again from old wood. Columnar habit. Excellent tub plant needing water only once in 2 weeks approximately in the hot dry weather. 2.2 metres high x 60 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6. |
| Cutting Grown | PB 2 | 20 cm high | Please enquire |
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Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Aureomarginata' - Once
again similar growth habit and conditions to 'Fastigiata' and
'Fastigiata Aurea'. The yellow colour is brightest in spring
fading in late winter. The colour is a stripe around the edge of
the leaf. 4 metres high x 1 m wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6.
We have no longer got a plant of this cultivar therefore.
| Please Enquire |
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Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Silver Spire' - See Taxus baccata 'Silver Spire'.
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Taxus baccata 'Mt. Peel' - Found in the South Island of New Zealand. A handsome specimen tree. Growth is upright and attractive and ideal for a very neat hedge needing less trimming than Taxus baccata. If needing a price for a hedge please contact Greg and he will give you a special price for quantity. ($8.00 for hedging G.S.T. .incl).
| Cutting Grown | 1.5 ltr HP | 35 cm high | $19.50 |
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Taxus baccata 'Nutans' - Dwarf, rounded bush; leaves dark green, sickle-shape. Probably one of the smallest Taxus cultivar, barely exceeding 50 cm tall. Rarely cultivated. 1.4 metres high x 60 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden.
| Cutting Grown | 1.5 ltr HP | 40 cm high | $19.50 |
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Taxus baccata 'Overeynderi' - A seedling of 'Fastigiata' raised in Holland. Smaller leaf than parent. Neater more uniform growth. Young plants have a narrow pyramidal form. Most attractive. 2 metres high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6. |
| Cutting Grown | 1.5 ltr HP | 50 cm high | $19.50 |
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Taxus baccata 'Repandens' - A fine spreading yew covering a circle of 4 metres in diameter given time. Great for a shady spot in the garden. 4 cm high x 1.8 metres wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden.
| Please Enquire |
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Taxus baccata 'Semperaurea' - Slower growing than most bushy Yews. A lovely plant with excellent golden yellow colour retained throughout winter months. Stands trimming well. So easy to manage in the garden. Keeps its colour in semi-shade. 2 metres high x 1.3 metres wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6.
| Cutting Grown | 4.5 ltr HP | 60 cm high x 40 cm wide | $25.50 |
| Cutting Grown | 14 ltr HP | 90 cm high x 70 cm wide | $45.00 |
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Taxus baccata 'Silver Spire' - Silver edge to leaf. This colour is most attractive when the plant is in a shady situation. Winter bringing out the brightest silver effect. Very dwarf, upright growth. 2.2 metres high x 40 cm wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6. |
| Cutting Grown | 14 cm HP | 60 cm high | Please Enquire |
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Taxus
baccata 'Standishii' - Most golden of the upright Yews. Very slow
growing and therefore best for
rockeries. A most desirable plant. 1.5 metres high x 50 cm wide
in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6.
| Cutting Grown | 17 cm HP | 65 cm high | Please Enquire |
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Taxus brevifolia - Pacific Yew. Native of South-east Alaska to Northern and central California inland to the Rocky Mountain region. Tree to 15 metres in natural habitat. In most places this Taxus is usually a shrub. Very shade tolerant. Rare in cultivation. Slender drooping branches. 60 cm high x 1.3 metres wide in 10 years. Zone 4.
| Cutting Grown | 14 cm HP | 50 cm high | Please Enquire |
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Taxus wallichiana - Himalayan Yew. Native of Nepal. A very large fast growing tree. Must have very free draining dry soil. Loves heavy shade. Rare in cultivation. 1.8 metres high x 1 metre wide in 10 years in our Nursery/Garden. Zone 6.
| Cutting Grown (Stkd) | PB 6.5 | 90 cm | $19.50 |
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