- Type:
- Needled evergreen
- USDA hardiness zones:
- 4-7
This hybrid yew cultivar is a slow-growing, upright, narrowly columnar evergreen shrub with ascending branches. Shape resembles that of a smokestack. Matures to 6-12' tall with a spread of only 2-4' wide (younger plants may be 3' tall by 6\ wide). Yews are classified as conifers, but female plants (yews are dioecious) produce red, fleshy, single-seeded fruit instead of cones. 'Smokestack' is an all male clone, however. Lustrous, dark green, two-ranked, flat-needled foliage. The popular Taxus x media hybrid cultivars are crosses between Japanese yews (T. cuspidata) and English yews (T. baccata)... more »
- Full sun to part shade
- Medium
- Low
Best grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Tolerates a wide range of soils as long as drainage is good. Also tolerant of full shade and considerable pruning. Intolerant of temperature extremes. Prune or shear as desired in early spring before new growth appears.
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