Duke Gardens Plum Yew
Its compact size is ideal for small gardens low hedges or.
Duke gardens plum yew. It can be sheared for desired height and performs well in shade to partial shade. This plant is slow growing and spreads more than it grows tall. Duke gardens japanese plum yew cephalotaxus harringtonia duke gardens sku 2466.
The dense glossy needle like foliage emerges bright green then matures to a dark green and retains its color year round. The species duke gardens is a variety that was discovered at duke gardens in durham north carolina and is noted for its compactness. Flower color is and blooms in.
It was discovered growing at duke gardens at duke university durham north carolina in 1958. Cephalotaxus harringtonia duke gardens aka duke gardens plum yew. A graceful finely textured evergreen shrub with a spreading mounded habit.
However being a dioecious plant it requires one male plant for the female plants to produce fruit. Duke gardens dwarf japanese plum yew cephalotaxus 3 gallon pot the handsome dark green delicate need like foliage of duke gardens yew provides a unique texture in the landscape year round and contrasts nicely with the foliage textures and colors of many other types of plants. The handsome small dark green need like foliage of duke gardens yew provides a unique glossy texture in the landscape.
This unique evergreen is a superb accent in a shade. Hardiness zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b. Culinary plants deer resistant plants drought tolerant plants dry shade plants medicinal plants plants from china plants from japan evergreen perennials woody perennials cephalotaxus.
The duke gardens plum yew is a slower growing evergreen adding just 4 to 6 inches a year with soft dark green leaves that are about 1 inches long and of an inch wide. Duke gardens is a compact version that typically matures in a vase shaped form to 2 3 tall. Plants are commonly called plum yews because the fruits on female plants resemble tiny plums and the foliage resembles that of yews taxus.