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Taxus cuspidata 'Capitata' ~ Capitata Japanese Yew

Regular price $395.00
Regular price Sale price $395.00

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Capitata Japanese Yew is a dense slow-growing evergreen tree with an upright pyramidal habit and dark green needles that holds its color in winter. Fleshy red berries are produced in fall if pollinated. Best planted in moist and well-drained soils. Capitata tolerates heavy shade, heavy pruning, and urban pollution

Type: 

Tree

Height: 

25' - 40'

Spread: 

25’ - 35'

Spacing: 

30’

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

4 - 7

Culture: 

Full Sun, Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

N/A

Season of Interest:  

Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Susceptible to winter burn, especially when planted in unprotected areas.  Twig and needle blight may be a problem, as well as mealybugs, mites, and scale in some areas.  Rot rot may occur in poorly drained soils. 

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Barberry, Liliac, Viburnum

IMAGES: Japanese Yew, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus cuspidata Capitata 0zzCC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown

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