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Potted Yew Plants (2L Pot)

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RRP: 14.99
Price: 7.99 
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Quantity 3+
Price 7.59

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Potted Yew Plant - Description

  • Potted Yew Plants
  • Taxus Bacatta
  • AKA Common Yew, Irish Yew
  • Current Size: 30- 40cm
  • Pot Size: 2 Litres

Potted Yew Plant - Characteristics

  • Mature Size: 30m
  • Evergreen plant, meaning it retains it's foliage in Winter
  • A hardy plant, It's able for cold Winters
  • Reddish bark with deep contours
  • Deep green needles approx 3cm in length
  • Red berries appear in Autumn
  • Tree becomes more stately as it ages

Potted Yew Plant - Uses

  • If grown as a specimen tree
    • Can reach height of 30m
  • If grown as hedging
    • Will form a very formal hedge
    • Can also be left unkempt to form a more free flowing hedge
    • Spacing Between Plants - Anywhere from 30cm to 60cm
    • Depending on thickness of hedging desired
  • Slow growing but will provide great, all year round privacy
  • Great for attracting wildlife, birds & insects
  • Bird can eat the berries & nest in the branches
  • The berries & foliage however are poisonous to both livestock & humans
  • Also used in topiary
  • Dense foliage but slow growth rate make it suitable but not ideal for topiary

Yew Trees - Interesting Facts

  • The Oldest tree in the world is a yew tree. Found in Fortingall, Scotland, it is believed to be 3000 years old
  • Yew trees are of course native to Ireland & can be found growing in our oldest of forests
  • Killarney National Park, Co Kerry has Ireland's only Yew forest
  • Yews were often planted on graveyards & church grounds to prevent locals from using the land to graze their cattle - Yew is poisonous to cattle
  • To this day Yews are commonly found on graveyards & are often associated with this
  • Also common on old estates such as Emo Court Co. Laois
Not in 4L pot as stated, but a good strong plant if a little small would have paid more for larger one
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