The most popular of these are the Irish yew (T. baccata 'Fastigiata'), a fastigiate cultivar of the European yew selected from two trees found growing in Ireland, and the several cultivars with yellow leaves, collectively known as "golden yew".

2024年2月1日 · Yew trees are identified by their long, narrow, flat, lanceolate, needle-like leaves with rounded tips. Yew leaves measure between 0.4” and 1.5” (1 – 4 cm) long and 0.1” (3 mm) wide. A characteristic feature of yew leaves is their arrangement in two rows along stems and spirally on upright stems.

2021年7月23日 · Yew shrubs are the most popular evergreen landscaping plants for hedges, privacy screens, foundation plantings, topiaries, and shrub borders. The dense, evergreen foliage of yews and tolerance of repeated pruning make them garden favorites.

English yew is an evergreen, conifer, conical-shaped, small tree or large shrub that reaches 30 to 60 feet in height. It has dense spreading branches with dark green linear needle-like leaves. The mature bark of the English yew is scaly and reddish-brown, and the trunks are very thick.

Yew is one of only three coniferous species (trees that bear cones and needle-like leaves) native to the UK. Yew has sparked much horticultural interest as a popular ornamental plant so there are multiple cultivated varieties (cultivars), some of which have bright yellow arils around the seeds.

Mature yew trees can grow to 20m. The bark is reddish-brown with purple tones, and peeling. The yew is probably the most long-lived tree in northern Europe. Look out for: the needle-like leaves which grow in two rows along a twig. Underneath, the needles each have a raised central vein.

The most distinct is the Sumatran yew (T. sumatrana, native to Sumatra and Celebes north to southernmost China), distinguished by its sparse, sickle-shaped yellow-green leaves. The Mexican yew (Taxus globosa, native to eastern Mexico south to Honduras) is also relatively distinct with foliage intermediate between Sumatran yew and the other ...

2022年12月18日 · The arrangement of yew leaves along stems and spirally on upright stems is a distinctive characteristic. The flat linear leaves of most yew species are dark green in color. The leaves on certain yew trees, on the other hand, have a blue-green underside that gives them a metallic sheen in the wind.

Yews have rich, dark-green foliage. The branches are erect or spreading and are closely covered with flattened, linear leaves about 1/2 to 3 centimetres (about 1/5 to 1 1/5 inches) long. The leaves have two yellowish- or grayish-green bands along the underside.

It is easy to see why the yew has been called the ‘glossy one’. The leaves (or needles) of Taxus bacatta have been well known to be extremely highly poisonous since prehistory. They are a mortal danger to humans and horses and cattle if the animals browse freely upon yew leaves.