Hicks yew
Taxus × media 'Hicksii'
- Size
- 3.5 m tall, 1.2 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun, shade
- Hardy to
- -25 degrees
- Flowers
- March to April
- A hedge
- Clipped shapes
- Green all winter
- Evergreen
- Takes a formal hedge
- Lives a long time
Safety
- Severely toxic if eaten. Verdlo leaves it out of a plan when you say children use the garden.
- Severely toxic to dogs. Verdlo leaves it out of a plan for a garden with a dog.
- Severely toxic to cats. Verdlo leaves it out of a plan for a garden with a cat.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Shrubs
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Size when mature
- 3.5 m tall, 1.2 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun, shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Soil
- loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 8
- Hardy to
- -25 degrees
- Flowers
- March to April
- For pollinators
- Some
- Water
- Low water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Slow
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Severely toxic · Dogs: Severely toxic · Cats: Severely toxic
- Worth knowing
- Drops fruit, which makes a mess over paving
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Lists it is on
- Plants for shade30 plantsWhat grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.
- Drought tolerant plants42 plantsA garden that gets through July without a hose starts with the plant list.
- Evergreen plants24 plantsWhat holds a garden together from November to March, when the rest of it is underground.
- Plants for a hedge13 plantsSpecies that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.
