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Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata Robusta' - Irish yew tree
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During lockdown, we bought a 2ft column tree after reading details about height - "grows to 6ft x 2ft in 10 years". Thought this was a small tree ideal for the height
It is now about 6 ft now. I have since discovered that the ultimate height is 40 ft after 10 years! (there was no mention of ultimate height anywhere at the time!)
Question: If we transferred it to a large pot, would it survive like an Acer tree in pots?
(Acer trees will grow within the size of pot and not get pot bound)
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Most info describes height/spreads in that way - ie height after five to ten years, but most trees/shrubs of that type keep growing - they don't just stop. The sizes will always vary though, according to your conditions and climate, as will the rate of growth. Info's always quite approximate for those reasons.
You can certainly keep them potted, but they'll need far more attention than in the ground. It may have quite a large root system by now, so that might need pruned too, assuming you can safely dig it up.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...