Taxus, Anglojap Yew, Anglo-Japanese Yew, Dense Spreading Yew 'Densiformis'

This is the most commonly planted bushy cultivar of yew in the northern USA. It is a spreading form that is expected to be about 4 feet h...Read Moreigh x 8 feet wide if not pruned or sheared. Yew live hundreds of years and after a long time many nursery woody plants get larger than expected. It is unfortunate that shrub form of yews and other evergreens are sheared so much, usually into green lumps or meatballs. It is better to give a yew room and just prune with hand pruners or just lightly shear to keep a more natural form. This is often used for clipped hedges and shearing it for this is fine.

Planted two last year, doing great. Planted 4 this spring, 2 are ok, 2 have a lot of brown tips and some limbs are brown to the ground. D...Read Moreon't know why this is happening, any body know? Maybe to much water?

I have moved into a home that has a low hedge of "taxus cuspidata densiformis" (according to tag left on one plant). I would like to ext...Read Moreend this hedge, but I cannot find this particular yew at our local nurseries. Is this plant the same as taxus x media densiformis? If anyone has information about this, I would greatly appreciate it.