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Looking for a 'fast' growing Yew tree (Taxus)

Hi there Could someone recommend a 'fast' growing Yew (one that will get close to 12" a year), if it is a native that would be great but happy with hybrid (Taxus x). I'l looking to harvest wood (coppicing) rather than hedge building so would by chris Lewis2

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09/04/2013 23:07:58

by Woodgreen wonderboy

Talkback: Growing a yew hedge

Hi Kate when we moved here in 2002 we had a yew hedge one side of our back garden 16 feet tall 7 feet thick,not quite a hedge more like a wood,The person we bought the house from said it was only 25 years old and only had the top cut out or it may by oldchippy

25/01/2013 17:01:29

by flowering rose

Can you identify this plant

I discovered this plant growing horizontally, searching for the light, under a yew tree last summer. I took six cuttings and all survived the winter in a very cold greenhouse. The cuttings started flowering in my garden late June and I keep by break23

28/08/2012 11:41:21

by break23

Planting under yew tree

Hi I would like to know what plants would be suitable for growing at the base of a yew tree. Ideally I would like them to be evergreen with the odd rockery/alpine plant and was looking at Juniperus. Any help/advice would be appreciated please by Jo Bayford

05/04/2013 23:19:20

by Jo Bayford

Poision

yew? Leylandi is absolutely nothing to do with yew! However, Leylandi can be a skin irritant and there are some reports of it causing abortion in cattle if a lot is eaten. IME most cattle would not eat much of a growing Leylandi, but if someone put by Carolyn Fernihough

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07/12/2012 06:59:08

by Dovefromabove

Yew tree

problems Thanks, nutcutlet, that is just what I needed to hear. Yew are very forgiving, and are one of the only conifers which grow bak from cutting into brown wood - go for it. I usually have to do mine at the 'wrong' time as it can overgrow a path by alimilna

18/05/2013 18:05:46

by Verdun

Is artist conk (fungus) dangerous

I have artist conk growh on my euclayptus tree stump. They look quite pretty so I have allowed it to grow for 2 months now. However, it seems to be starting to affect the honeysuckle plant that is growing around the stump. Will it eventually by hyatan

23/08/2012 11:51:36

by hyatan

NEW LOOK, NEW YEW

Hi everyone, I've just arrived on this site and am looking for advice. I have a yew tree that has gone wild and I need to cut it down to size. What shape do you think would suit it best - nothing quirky, just neat and natural looking. It by happycottontail

16/04/2012 11:26:42

by Alina W

Talkback: Hedges and topiary

size pig at our caravan I wish it was at home which I have two large pots with bay trees in,I have a yew which I am still wandering what to do with its about 4' high 2'wide open to surgestions.Ive have done topiary on hebies in the past they grow quick by Gail

28/11/2011 18:31:40

by James A-S

Border plant

of laurel, one of my personal pet hates, so it went, the yew stayed, the rest went in over the next few years.) Ive heard leylandi can take a couple of years to get started Have you thought about choisya? It grows quickly, needs no 'know how' and is a by kru

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19/04/2012 21:23:50

by Aimee Saber

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