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A golden fastigiate yew?

DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,769
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I've decided that our new Sunny Bed is crying out for a golden fastigiate yew ....... but which?

I'm looking at 

Taxus baccata 'Standishii'

and

Taxus baccata fastigiata 'Aurea'

I want this tree to have some 'presence'  - the optimum height will be around 6 - 7 feet tall, but I won't be buying at that height (unless we buy the right lottery ticket today) and it will need to be as narrow as possible.  

People with experience and knowledge of either/both varieties - your comments and suggestions please?

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  • Hortum-cretaeHortum-cretae Posts: 979

    It's a beautiful tree and I think one of the best for making a feature and a statement.  Tough, undemanding, suffers from very little (hares and deer sometimes).  Go for either.  Where are you (yew!) and perhaps I can steer you towards one?

    H-C 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,769

    We're in Norfolk, right on the south-western fringe of Norwich just over the hill from the river and marshes, on  free-draining loam.  Apparently this area was all orchards fifty years ago.  

    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







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