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A golden fastigiate yew?
Dovefromabove
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I've decided that our new Sunny Bed is crying out for a golden fastigiate yew ....... but which?
I'm looking at
Taxus baccata 'Standishii'
and
Taxus baccata fastigiata 'Aurea'
I want this tree to have some 'presence' - the optimum height will be around 6 - 7 feet tall, but I won't be buying at that height (unless we buy the right lottery ticket today) and it will need to be as narrow as possible.
People with experience and knowledge of either/both varieties - your comments and suggestions please?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It's a beautiful tree and I think one of the best for making a feature and a statement. Tough, undemanding, suffers from very little (hares and deer sometimes). Go for either. Where are you (yew!) and perhaps I can steer you towards one?
H-C
We're in Norfolk, right on the south-western fringe of Norwich just over the hill from the river and marshes, on free-draining loam. Apparently this area was all orchards fifty years ago.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.