It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may be referred to as common yew, [5] European yew, or in North America English yew. [6] It is a woodland tree in its native range, and is also grown as an ornamental tree, hedge or topiary.

Upright Japanese Plum Yew, Ideally suited for Southern gardens, this cultivar was selected for its carefree, vertical growth habit. Exceptional, dense, finely t

Yew is a densely branching, evergreen tree with a big trunk that can reach up to 20m tall. The bark is thin, scaly, and brown, it comes off in small flakes. Its leaves are dark green, leathery, and narrow with a pointed tip. Yew seeds grow at the tip of a dwarf shoot, enclosed in a red, fleshy, cup-like structure called an aril.

2024年2月1日 · Yew trees are a group of coniferous trees with dark-green linear needle-like leaves, small red berry-like fruits, and small inconspicuous flowers. Yews are typically medium-sized evergreen trees. Yews are identified by their thin, scaly brown bark, tiny single-seed cones, red fruits, and linear flat leaves.

2023年3月8日 · Japanese plum yew plants are native to shaded wooded areas of Japan, northeast China, and Korea. Slow growers, the trees grow about a foot (31 cm.) per year. Well-maintained plum yew plants can live from 50 to 150 years. The genus name Cephalotaxus hails from the Greek ‘kephale,’ meaning head, and ‘taxus,’ meaning yew.

2016年7月27日 · The Yew tree is a conifer tree. It is native to central, western, and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia. It is known as Taxus baccata. Now it is known as European Yew or English Yew. The common yew was first described by Linnaeus. The word “yew” is derived from Proto-Germanic. Yew Tree is a small to medium-sized tree.

One of the World's oldest surviving wooden artefacts is a yew spear head estimated to be around 450,000 years old. Anti-cancer compounds are harvested from the foliage of Taxus baccata and used in modern medicine. Yew trees contain the highly poisonous taxane alkaloids that have been developed as anti-cancer drugs.

Palm, Willow and Yew Tomorrow is the feast of Palm Sunday , when Christians commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The crowds that greeted Christ are said to have carpeted his path with palm fronds, symbols of joy and victory in Jewish tradition.

Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata' is a columnar, female yew with very strongly, upright branches and lustrous, deep green foliage. Tolerant of shade and heavy pruning. Marginally hardy in USDA zone 5. Can be siginificantly damaged by deer. Very functional and durable broad-columnar tree or multi-stemmed shrub. Dioecious. Tolerates shade and heavy pruning.

2025年3月18日 · Description: A medium-sized bushy evergreen tree with narrow, leathery, very dark green leaves arranged in two rows on the shoots, and insignificant flowers followed on …