Yew Plant List

With their soft, dark green needles, variety of shapes and easy care yews (Taxus) are a popular choice for foundation plantings, hedging and accents. They tolerate urban pollution as well as heavy shade. Plant them in sun or shade in loose, well-drained soil and they’ll be perfectly happy. To maintain a particular shape trim after the spring growth has hardened off, usually in mid to late June. Winter damaged foliage may be trimmed in March while the plant is still dormant. Avoid fall trimming as it will trigger new growth that may freeze back.

Name	Form	HxW	Description
Adam’s Columnar	Columnar	10’x4’	Bright green foliage. Tall and narrow form is ideal where space is limited. Remains full at base.
Capitata 'Captain'	Pyramidal	10’x6’	Good choices to shear into a tight cone-shaped form. Red berries. Useful as an accent in the foundation planting. Bark on older trees is reddish brown and exfoliating.
Dark Green Spreader	Rectangular spreading	3’x5’	Very dark green foliage. Compact, dense habit. Great for low hedge, foundation planting or background planting in front of a deciduous specimen or focal point.
Dark Green Pyramid	Pyramidal	8’x4’	Very dark green foliage. The deep foliage color holds through the winter. Naturally pyramidal form, smaller than Capitata.
Densiformis	Vase spreading	4’x6’	Dark green foliage. Broad-based form. Great as foundation planting or low hedge. Most popular spreading yew.
Dwarf Bright Gold	Spreading	2’x4’	Brilliant yellow foliage on a plant that grows less than 6 inches per year. Ideal foliage color to light up shady areas or to contrast with more typical green-leaved plants.
Emerald Spreader	Spreading	30”x6’	Short, dense needles with rigid branching. This low-growing, very dense flat-topped spreader is ideal for large scale groundcover use. Very hardy, holds excellent dark green color even in the coldest of winters.
English Spreader	Spreading	3’x8’	Dense and slow growing with good hardiness for an English yew. An elegant, mounding form suitable as a border plant in areas sheltered from winter sun and wind.
Hick’s	Upright columnar	10’x4’	Handsome dark green foliage with lighter green beneath. Stately upright form widens with maturity. Red berries. Excellent as an accent, tall hedge or screen. Best shade tolerant screen available.
Loose Upright	Pyramidal	10’x6’	Dark green foliage, unpruned and natural looking. Excellent as an understory or naturalized tree, tall hedge or screen.