60/80cm Root Ball English Yew (Taxus baccata)
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Taxus baccata is a charming, evergreen hedging species that will provide bold levels of colour in your garden, along with major benefits of privacy, windbreak, and noise break.
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£20.80
Description
English Yew is an evergreen species with an attractive, stylish appearance. The plant expresses bold green foliage in spring, following with small red fruits in the Autumn season- which look very pretty in appearance, and the birds love to enjoy, but are harmful to humans, livestock, and animals.
Sitting as a true British classic, the Yew is the most popular and well-known conifer hedge, as it is greatly admired for its ease of maintenance and year-in, year-out interest. The plant is also perfect for creating eye catching topiary shapes, as the needle-like and compact foliage is very easy to trim, meaning you can easily get highly creative with the shapes you trim.
Information
| Price | £20.80 |
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| Plant Size | 60/80cm |
| Root Type | Root Balls |
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Key Features
The King of Hedges can be seen as an excellent boundary hedge for any size of garden, as it grows at a slow rate per year at 10-20cm (being easy to maintain at 1-5m). Once the Yew has reached your desired height, it can be incredibly easy to maintain. As the plant can get so high, it can be exceptionally good as acting as a barrier to noise and wind, making it ideal for urban areas.
During the first few seasons of growth, the plant will need a lot of water to be its best and healthiest version of itself, however it is very important to ensure it does not become waterlogged. Apart from this, the English Yew is a hardy plant that is very easy to grow and maintain, and can easily adapt to many types of soil, particularly alkaline. It can be perfect if you are limited in the availability of sunlight in your garden (it is great for any shade sites) and just right if you are being faced with some tricky positions.
| Growth Rate | Slow (10-20cm per year) |
| Ideal Height | 2.5m+ Tall |
| Soil Type | Normal |
| Exposure | Exposed, inland |
| Aspect | Full sun, partial shade, full shade |
| Evergreen Foliage? | No |
Pruning & Care
The general hedge trimming for the English Yew should only be done twice a year- in early June, and then again in late September. It is also very important to ensure you prune at the right time to guarantee you do not remove any new growing shoots.
Planting Guide
- If you're not ready to plant straight away, your root balls will need to be kept moist and in a cool, dark room (i.e., garage or shed). Ideally, they should be planted straight away, but can last up to 3 days or so.
- Dig a hole that is several inches wider than the root ball, but about the same depth. Soak the hole with water, and sprinkle a thin layer of RootGrow at the bottom, if using.
- Ensure the root ball has been given plenty of water, then put the damp root ball into the soil, and begin backfilling with soil. Check the base of the stem is level with the surface of the soil, or just under.
- Firm the soil down lightly, then give the plant a good watering.
- Like all plants, it will need to be kept free of weeds and given plenty of water- its first year after planting is vital, as the plant needs enough resources to be able to settle down, recover, and establish.
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