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Yew - Dark Green
Remove 1/2 to 3/4 of the new growth each year with hand pruners; you can control the size and maintain a healthier shrub with a more natural form. It grows 3-5 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide. They are maintainable at various heights and spreads. Dark Green Yew, taxus x media 'Dark Green', is an excellent evergreen with beautiful dark green foliage for the shade garden or shady side of the home. It exhibits a small wide spreading form, with soft textures, and rich green short needles that are easily pruned into various shapes. It is has a spreading compact habit, and its forest-green foliage does not burn in winter. This yew can be used as a low hedge or specimen plant and requires good drainage and prefers a shady location with loamy soil. Yews are widely used landscape plants because of their rich, dark green evergreen foliage and versatility. ... additional information
Adams Needle The remarkable flower-spikes, 6' or more high, appear when plants are five or more years old. Yucca filamentosa makes dense clumps of stiff leaves 30 inches or so long and edged with fine curly hairs. Yuccas are hardier than they appear, and only fail in cold exposed inland positions, where they are better grown as container plants. This variety has a white edge. Otherwise they are handsome architectural foliage plants for dry, sunny borders. |
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