| Description | The new growth of this Yew is yellow. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (TAKS-us) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade, not as full and dense as the shade gets deeper |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist, well drained but tolerates average |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Fruit | fleshy arial covering a brown seed. This cultivar of yew has produced few fruit for me over the past 10 years. |
| Leaves | Needles are dark green on the upper surface, yellow green on the underside, very flat and two ranked The new growth has a golden yellow color fading to green. |
| Dimensions | reached 4 by 5 in my garden with little pruning |
| Maintenance | Prune after the new growth starts to lose the yellow and turn to green. I have never sheared this plant tight because I like the yellow color of the longer, newer growth. Had very little wind burn in my garden. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Author's Notes | Had this shrub growing in my yard for over 10 years. A combination of a dry fall (2013) and one the coldest winters in 2014, planted in an unprotected winter wind place, it died. |
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