| Description | A female yew with dark green needles |
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| Pronunciation | (TAKS-us) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | sun to shade, the deeper the shade the looser the form |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist, well drained but tolerates average |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Fruit | a female form producing a fruit consisting of a fleshy aril covering a brown seed |
| Leaves | needles, dark green on the upper surface, yellow green on the underside, very flat and two ranked |
| Dimensions | reaches 10-15 feet tall, erect or ascending branches becoming broad |
| Maintenance | Very prunable and easily kept to size. Has at least two growth flushes per season. Prune after the new growth hardens. Will recover slowly from hard pruning into old wood. Most yew can winter burn during cold winding winters, needles will turn a rusty brown color |
| Propagation | cutting |
| Cultivar Origin | Propagated from plants on a small estate in Locust Valley, Long Island, by nurseryman John Vermeulen. Vermeulen's nursery introduced it in 1928 as 'Vase Shape' and later changed the name to honor New York nurseryman Frederick Wallace Kelsey (1850-1935). |
| Misc Facts | (SYN T.x media Jeffreryi Pyramidalis) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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