Prostrate Japanese Yew

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Perennial

Location

Jackson Grove

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens

Description

Male form, low-growing, reaching 1 m in height and 3 m in width, the branches more outspread than the other forms, somewhat ascending; needles about 20 mm long, v-form in arrangement, somewhat sickle-shaped, attractively dark green above, olive-green beneath.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

winter interest, growth habit, intermediate conifer