
Spreading Japanese Yew growing in an open sunny location 
Spreading Japanese Yew 
(Taxus cuspidata) 
HE Spreading Yew usually grows more 
wide than tall, branching out from the 
bottom with several stems, developing 
into a bush form. This tree is grown from cut- 
tings and naturally specimens take their char- 
acteristics from the mother plant. Among the 
Spreading Yews will be found plants of slightly 
different characteristics, both as to type of 
foliage, coloring and branching habit. 
The development of this tree is also gov- 
erned considerably by the training which it 
recelves when small in the nursery. By keep- 
ing the side branches pruned off for a time the 
growth is naturally more upright, while by 
pruning the top branches, the growth can be 
made much lower to the ground and the plant 
in this way will develop alow branching habit. 
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Younger specimen 
of Spreading Japanese Yew 
















Hicks Yew 
(Taxus cuspidata hicksi) 
HIS isacolumnar form with branches as- 
cending almost vertically, generally 
growing with numerous stems. Its nor- 
mal growth is narrow because of its branching 
habit, but by trimming when small, it can be 
grown into extremely narrow form. Specimens 
are sometimes grown in nurseries which are 
only perhaps 12 inches wide at the base and 
six or eight feet high. The normal growth 
is similar to the picture which we show. 
It is named for Hicks Nurseries, who were 
the originators of this tree. It is one of the old- 
est of the horticultural forms, having been in 
cultivation for 25 years or more. It has rich, 
dark, glossy green color, which accounts for 
its popularity. We have found this tree very 
resistant to extremes of heat and drouth. 
Trimmed Globes Japanese Yews 
(Taxus cuspidata) 
MONG the many thousands of Up- 
right Japanese Yews which are 
grown in the Hill Nursery, there are 
occasionally specimens which are rather 
wide and bushy, without a main leader. We 
have trimmed such specimens into globe 
shapes. It is very easy to maintain them in 
this form with occasional trimming. 
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