| Description | Kornik English Yew (Taxus baccata) is a compact, dense, upright evergreen shrub with bright yellow foliage that changes to green in the summer. |
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| Pronunciation | (TAKS-us)(ba-KA-tah) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | (5)6-8 |
| Sunlight | Grows best in full sun; will tolerate varying degrees of shade and become less dense as the shade gets deeper. |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | not ornamental |
| Fruit | forms a red to red orange fleshy fruit |
| Leaves | The flat dark green needles are light yellowish green in the spring, yellow-green on the underside, and two ranked. |
| Dimensions | 12 by 8 feet, (H-S), easily kept smaller by pruning |
| 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 |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Species plants native to Europe, the Atlas Mountains, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus. |
| Cultivar Origin | Poland |
| Misc Facts | Genus name is an old Latin name for yews. Specific epithet means fruit-bearing in reference to the showy red arils. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), 144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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