An attractive, very popular, evergreen native conifer, Common Yew (Taxus baccata) is a particularly long-lived tree (c.1000 years).  Bearing attractive red berries in the winter it was previously quite commonly planted in churchyards, although the reason why remains unclear. It was also popular with Bowmen of the Middle Ages (not middle aged bowmen as that would be 40 year old Robin Hood "wannabes" going through their mid-life crisis in the nearest wood). The wood is like Superman doing Yoga in that it is strong and supple.

It makes an excellent dense garden hedge as it is not "gappy" at the base. Do not plant close to livestock as the berries and foliage are poisonous. Livestock includes horses, cattle and sheep (hey, we live in the sort of litigation culture where some people need that level of simplicity!) 

Taxus Bacata will tolerate most soils and is one of the slower growing hedge tree species growing to be one of our longest lived trees.  

Expect a final height of 28m (93ft 4in) if untrimmed.

Benefits of using our plug plant trees
Our yew hedging trees are sold as plug plants, in other words the roots are encased in compost. This means that planting can be carried out at any time of the year, provided they are watered in periods of drought, compared to bare-root plants which can only be planted during the plants normal dormant period (November to March).  All of these trees are UK grown, which is important for successful establishment. 

How many yew hedging trees do I need?

We recommend planting 4 plants per metre using the double staggered hedge method.