TAXUS baccata 'FASTIGIATA ROBUSTA'

English yew 'Fastigiata Robusta'

TAXUS baccata 'FASTIGIATA ROBUSTA'

English yew 'Fastigiata Robusta'

  • Maintenance advice : Pruning is not necessary on this variety but is well tolerated. End of winter, if necessary, to limit height and maintain compact.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder Herman Zulauf (CH) 1949
  • Use group : Conifers
  • Height at 10 years : 6 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Growth : Slow
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Indifferent
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
  • Shape : fastigiate, columnar
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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An improvement of the Taxus baccata 'Fustigiata', narrower and more compact, with a more pointed peak and quicker growth. Shinier foliage with longer and larger needles. Red berries with poisonous seeds. Tolerates poor, dry and chalky soils.