Is my Yew okay ?

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  October 2022

  Could it be pot bound? I assume it is the golden form?

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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• tomcr1981 Posts: 51

  October 2022

  It’s in a pot, I thought they were okay in pots ?!? 

  It’s a taxis baccata apparently, it just seems to be losing its green
  
  thank you

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• philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742

  October 2022

  Most plants restricted to pots - especially trees - do need more care/feeding/watering than those in open ground.
  As @GardenerSuze suggests, your tree could be struggling a bit - particularly after the very dry/hot weather we have experienced lately.

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• GardenerSuze Posts: 5,692

  October 2022

  Hi @tomcr1981 Has it been in the pot very long? If it is pot bound that could be the cause of it's stress and hence brown leaves. It would also struggle to take up water. 

  I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.

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• bédé Posts: 3,095

  October 2022 edited October 2022

  It could be leaf-scorch from exposure to too much sun.  Or too sudden a move to a sunny spot.  In which case the new growth should soon be back to green. (nb. new yew growth is usually a paler green).
  
  It could also be a mineral deficiency, but just watch for now.

   location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
  "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  October 2022

  What sort of compost mix is it in and how long has it been since it was repotted?

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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