Evergreen yew is an amazingly beautiful coniferous plant that is rapidly winning the love of landscape designers. It is frost-resistant, unpretentious, loves shaded areas. In nature, conifers are able to take root even in dark gorges. With these qualities, the plant attracts modern gardeners.
Yew trees are long-livers, living for more than one thousand years.
The mighty fortingel yew from Scotland is about 4000 years old
Yew gorge
Grand Canyon in Crimea with yew trees
Old yew alleys, groves and tunnels are of historical value and are always popular with tourists.
Yew tunnel in the UK
Yew alley
Yew Alley of Spirits in Kislovodsk
Unique yew grove on the island of Petrova in the Primorsky Territory
The only island yew grove in the world in the Lazovsky Reserve in Primorye
In landscape gardening, Canadian, spiky, middle and berry yews are used. The latter has the most decorative appearance due to the long needles and goblet-shaped aryllus berries of red color.
Bright red berry yew seed roofs
Roofs of yew berry seeds are not toxic, unlike other parts of the plant
Needles of canadian yew
Yew shoots in the early stages of development have a shrub structure, which is what landscape designers use.
Yew berry variety Repandens
Yew berry variety Repandens
Yew Variety Tymon
Elastic fluffy branches of yews hold their shape well due to the peculiar structure. The branches first diverge to the sides of the trunk and grow up, and then slightly bend to the ground. So that the new shoots of yew do not grow much, you can tie them up or give them some geometric shape in the form of a ball, pyramid or cube using a metal frame. Yews grow very slowly, so their crown does not need frequent pruning.
Yew berry Fastigiata
When decorating the garden in the style of a Russian estate, chalet or naturgarden, the crowns of yew plants are better not to undergo pronounced pruning, thereby creating the appearance of natural plantings.
Yew in Dutch landscape design style
Dutch garden
Tall yew varieties are often used as solitaires, focusing attention, and a variety of complex shapes look especially impressive in topiary compositions.
Thorny yews do a good job of playing the role of an impenetrable hedge that can effectively protect the site from uninvited guests. Neatly trimmed evergreen shrubs beautifully frame garden paths and narrow alleys.
Yew medium hicksy
Low yew varieties are harmoniously combined with stones on alpine hills and rockeries.
Decorating mixborders in park areas, landscape stylists plant conifers in the background as a background for flowering plants. Yew is also well combined with ornamental trees and shrubs with bright and unusual foliage.
Yew loves moist soil, so he will be very happy if he is allowed to live next to a waterfall or some water body.
Yew at cascading waterfall
Of course, yew will decorate any flowerbed or lawn in a large park or in a summer cottage, but it should be remembered that this evergreen plant is poisonous.
