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Sunburst Yew (Taxus X Media) - 2 Gallon Pot

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Sunburst Yew (Taxus X Media) – 2 Gallon Pot

Original price was: $59.85.Current price is: $41.90.

SKU: D2LSC 9209347871 Categories: JUNIPERS & CONIFERS, PLANTS & TREES

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Sunburst Yew

Taxus x media ‘Sunburst’

Other Names: Sunburst Golden Yellow, Sunburst Yellow Yew

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a–7b (8 in West?) Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3.5-7′ depending on pruning

Width at Maturity: 5-10′ depending on pruning

Spacing: 6′ for mass plantings solid borders; 12′ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Upright Rounded Mound, Spreading, Arching leaf stems

Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate, 8″ per year

Flower Color: NA

Flower Size: NA

Flowering Period: NA

Flower Type: NA

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Golden-Yellow new growth turns to Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: Yes, occasionally

Berry Color: Red

Sun Needs: Full Sun, Morning Sun with Afternoon Shade, Morning Shade with Afternoon Sun

Water Needs: Average

Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sandy, Silty

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained

Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.5 (Acid to Mildly Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-20F), Deer – more info, Disease, Insect

Description

The Sunburst Yew is an exciting new hybrid Taxus sporting brilliant golden-yellow new foliage in spring fading to a soft yellow-green over the summer that contrasts well against the normal green older needles. This one has a spreading, mounding habit with ascending, outward-reaching arching stems to 5 to 7 feet tall and 8 to 10 feet wide when left to grow natural with no pruning. That said, it responds very well to pruning and can be kept half that size for use in smaller garden spaces, home foundation plantings, or as a clipped hedge. Also nice for topiary. It tolerates shade but the foliage color will be more showy with more sun so we suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day. The spreading habit and unique fern-like texture of this low-maintenance and versatile evergreen certainly adds another dimension to the landscape!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 3.5 to 7 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide depending on pruning, the Sunburst Yew is versatile evergreen ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings, or as a natural or clipped hedge. An excellent shrub for home foundation plantings. Looks especially nice around garden ponds or in rock gardens. A fine addition to Asian gardens, rock gardens, yellow theme gardens, tropical look gardens, and conifer gardens.

Spacing: 4 to 5 feet for solid groupings or hedges; 12 feet or more for space between plants

Growing Preferences

The Sunburst Yew is easy to grow in full sun or part shade. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day for best density and foliage color. It grows well in most any moist but well drained soil of average or better fertility but does not like a constantly soggy or wet soil. It doesn’t require pruning however responds well to it for size control or shaping into hedges or topiary. We’ve seen no serious disease or insect problems and it is a very deer resistant plant.

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