[SOLVED] Is this a Yew?

[nealweb]

Is this a Yew?

I dug it up this afternoon. If so does anyone grow them. They are very slow growing I have heard and also will grow in alot of shade. Anyone dug them before? Any tips!! I haven't done any yamadori-ing before but I've read a few posts here so I have just put it in a tub of seasol and clonex clone solution for the night and I'll pot it up tomorrow (or the next day??) any suggestions - kanuma, akadama, ordinary potting mix??

Thanks everybody

neal.

[alpineart]

Hi Nealweb , certainly looks like a Taxus Baccata . There are numerous varieties/varients of the taxus so a google search will give you more info .Cheers Alpine

[Mojo Moyogi]

It also looks like Podocarpus alpinus, which is a Tassie Native.

Cheers,
Mojo

[Webos]

looks like a Yew to me

[nealweb]

hmmm it looks like both of them. I wonder how I tell them apart? I have not really seen Yew grown in gardens around here before but then I haven't come across many podocarpus either.

[Mojo Moyogi]

Hi Neal, I had a second look and I'm going to jump ship. Looks a lot more like Yew.

Cheers,
Mojo

[kvan64]

Hi, the leaves are to flat for a yew. It's actually grevillea. I dug one up sometime ago. See post:
viewtopic.php?f=104&t=5312&hilit=+monster
Cheers,
DK

[Jarrod]

Definately a yew, which have flat leaves by the way.

[craigw60]

Hi Neal, looks like yew to me. They self seed freely here and I have moved lots of them including some quite large ones. Yew have a fibrous root system so they transplant pretty easily. I tend to do it in the spring, but I would say you would be pretty safe at this time of year.
Craigw

[Grant Bowie]

Either Podocarpus alpinus or Taxus X Hicksii which is a natural cross between Taxus cuspidata(Japanese Yew) and Taxus baccata(English Yew) or just Taxus cuspidata(Japanese Yew).

Grant

[nealweb]

Thanks everyone, looks like I have some kind of Yew on my hands. The foliage is very nice and it appears to have planty of buds down low on the old wood so I hope it will do well and I can make something interesting from it.

cheers,

neal.

[banksia]

Peter's got a Japanese Yew at the entrance to his nursery in Swan Valley Neil. Go check it out!. It's in the ground and is apparently over 20 years old (and you should see the girth on it.. ) Very slow growing indeed...definately one for the long haul. He might be able to tell you some specifics of growing them in Perth climate.

Cheers!
Anthony

[nealweb]

Peter's got a Japanese Yew at the entrance to his nursery in Swan Valley Neil. Go check it out!. It's in the ground and is apparently over 20 years old (and you should see the girth on it.. ) Very slow growing indeed...definately one for the long haul. He might be able to tell you some specifics of growing them in Perth climate.

Cheers!
Anthony

Thanks mate. Yeah slow growing. the reason i dug it up is because it had a bit of a trunk already, about 60mm on the top of the nebari, I'm assuming it won't be getting any bigger once its in a pot but thats something to work with.

cheers,

neal.



SOLVED- YEW