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Planting under yew tree

Jo BayfordJo Bayford Posts: 2
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Hi

I would like to know what plants would be suitable for growing at the base of a yew tree. Ideally I would like them to be evergreen with the odd rockery/alpine plant and was looking at Juniperus.

Any help/advice would be appreciated please before I empty my purse or worse ruin our lovely yew tree!!

Thank you,

Jo

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,109

    I don't know of anything that will grow in the dense dry shade of a yew treeimage.  The only upside is that not even weeds will grow there image


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





  • Andy19Andy19 Posts: 671

    Surely there is something yew can grow image oh sorry will get my coat.

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    We see a lot of yew trees in our work in churchyards, the others are correct, nothing at all will grow under the yew. They grow huge in time, my advise would be to get rid of it, especially if its near your house.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Jo BayfordJo Bayford Posts: 2

    Thanks for your feedback so far. The yew has a preservation order so we don't have much other than to work with it! A tree bench may be the answer then!!

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,109

    That would be a gorgeous idea - I love having a place where I can sit under the thick foliage of overhanging branches in the rain and watch the garden image

    something like this http://www.peterweldon.co.uk/range/treeseats/images_treeseats/tree1.jpg would be wonderful!


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





  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,034

    I have a large yew tree [ 200 years old ] and not surprisingly it is very dry and shady beneath it. However over the years when I have had an excess of plants I have found that there are a few things that grow there. These include: snowdrops, primula, vinca [ although doesnt flower ], pernyetta, honesty, dog violets and symphytium. I continue to try new things each year and although it is not the best looking area of the garden it is not too bad. Try it you might be surprised.

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  • Jon9Jon9 Posts: 1

    Rocks.  That's what I am going to put beneath my yew.

     

  • Invicta2Invicta2 Posts: 663

    I have seen ivy, planted some distance from the trunk of a yew, grow in underneath the shade of a yew tree' and give some ground cover.

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    There are vinca minor growing under yew trees on a steep, dry, north-facing bank beside a path I walk down on the way to work, so if anything is going to work those are a good bet.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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