Dukes Garden Japanese Yew
If the edible fruits are desired both a female plant and male pollinator are required.
Dukes garden japanese yew. Duke Gardens is a compact version that typically matures in a vase-shaped form to 2-3 tall. Duke Gardens Japanese Plum Yew. A graceful finely textured evergreen shrub with a spreading mounded habit.
This variety is a tight flattened mound of large glossy deep green foliage that grows to 3 ft x 4ft. 5g Duke Gardens Japanese Plum Yew Cephalotaxus harringtonia Duke Gardens Grows 2-4 ht sp Duke Gardens Plum Yew is a slow growing spreading and evergreen. Plants are commonly called plum yews because the fruits on female plants resemble tiny plums and the foliage resembles that of yews Taxus.
It was discovered growing at Duke Gardens at Duke University Durham North Carolina in 1958. Evergreen gracefully spreading habit with lustrous deep green foliage arranges spirally on stems. Cephalotaxus harringtonia Duke Gardens PLUM-YEW EG z6 Bon All the characteristics of a gracefully spreading yewDirrthis fine wide-spreading to 2-3x 3-4 EG selected at Duke Gardens NC is an excellent choice for a shade-tolerant evrgrn.
Nice specimen or in the foundation or mixed border. Flattened leaves grow two-ranked on the branches when planted in shade as if waiting for any ray of sunshine they can get. Its glossy needle-like foliage emerges a bright green and matures to a dark green it holds in winter.
Cephalotaxus harringtonia Duke Gardens A graceful shrub with a spreading mounded habit. It has a nice mounded shape and attractive fine needle-like but soft foliage. The plum yew is sometimes called Korean or Japanese plum-yew and also called the cowtail pine.
Can tolerate full sun. In full sun it can afford the luxury of being whorled on the branches so has a much fuller appearance. Cephalotaxus harringtonia fastigiata japanese plum yew is an evergreen shrub with a columnar growth habit.