Taxus × media
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New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.
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'Taxus × media' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
A group of hybrids between T. cuspidata and T. baccata, the first of which were raised at the Hunnewell Arboretum, Mass., about 1900. Of the many clones now available the oldest in British gardens is ‘Hicksii’, a free-fruiting variety resembling the Irish yew in habit but with larger, more glossy, spine-tipped leaves. Other columnar forms are now in commerce. Also available is ‘Hatfieldii’ (male), which makes a dense pyramid about 10 ft high and as much across; it is one of the original Hunnewell seedlings and is named after the then superintendent of the estate, T. D. Hatfield.
'Hicksii'
