Hick’s Yew

Taxus x 'Hicksii'

In 2018 I decided to replace the brown, dying conifers in our front porch pots with something more well suited to shade. So I picked up these columnar yews hoping they would perform a little better. Unfortunately, although they are columnar and seems to like their homes, they have a bit of an odd open habit so I may need to find a new home for them in the ground.

    • Shade Grade

    Nursery Tag

    Soil Type: Well-drained Sunlight: Full Sun, Part Shade, Part Sun, Shade Drought Tolerance: Semi Mature Height: 10-15 Feet Mature Width: 3-4 Feet

    Gardener's Log

    05/2018: Planted in front pots to replace dead/dying conifers. Sometime in 2018?

    12/2021: I keep moving these poor plants! In 2019 or 2020, I moved one to the east corner by the new gate fence. In 2019 I had moved the other to the front garden retaining wall, and then moved it to the south side of the garage driveway circle. That poor thing got a bit fried during the 2020 heat dome. Then I moved it in Dec 2021 next to its friend by the new gate fence. It's so yellow compared to the other one! We'll see if it survives.

    hicks yew photo

    Photo by F. D. Richards

    Hicks Yew Closeup

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