The straight species can get quite wide with dense foliage. It is also prolific. If you have an adult specimen around, you will see hundreds if not thousands of seedling pop up every year around the root. That is how I am building my numbers. Not a very exciting tree to me but it is very useful for all the reasons mentioned in the video.
Plum yews are great, duke gardens is the more available cultivar in my neck of the woods, however still not easy to find. I definitely would avoid planting them in less than zone 6.
@@moseseisley557 I wish I could buy from many of these distributors but unfortunately Canadian customs will most likely be picky with holding them and I'll receive the plants months later, dry as a bone and lifeless. Happened too many times, so I've given up with purchasing outside of canada with the exception of seeds.
@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Oh yeah, i forgot you are in Ontario. Maybe you could transplant some wild taxus canadensis since you are in the growing range for that tree? Surprisingly, Canadian Yew actually grows in one deep ravine in Tennessee, that being the most southwestern population in north america... I hope to visit that spot one day.
I do have a few plum yews on my property and can find them in specialty nurseries in my area. Yes, Taxus canadensis grows wild in my area! In fact I've been meaning to do a video of them in a forested valley close by that contains a huge population of them! I also have a few on property and love the 45 degree angles they have a tendency to grow out from. Other non-native Taxus species and hydrids are very common in garden centers here too.@@moseseisley557
Very nice, I'm going to look for a couple.
The straight species can get quite wide with dense foliage.
It is also prolific.
If you have an adult specimen around, you will see hundreds if not thousands of seedling pop up every year around the root. That is how I am building my numbers. Not a very exciting tree to me but it is very useful for all the reasons mentioned in the video.
I really like the tree form. How large is yours and where are you growing it?
7a US northeast part sun about 15 feet tall and just as wide if you let it. Not sure the exact species @@moseseisley557
Plum yews are great, duke gardens is the more available cultivar in my neck of the woods, however still not easy to find. I definitely would avoid planting them in less than zone 6.
wilsonbrosgardens.com has a wide selection of plum yews.
@@moseseisley557 I wish I could buy from many of these distributors but unfortunately Canadian customs will most likely be picky with holding them and I'll receive the plants months later, dry as a bone and lifeless. Happened too many times, so I've given up with purchasing outside of canada with the exception of seeds.
@@nativeandunusualplants3582 Oh yeah, i forgot you are in Ontario. Maybe you could transplant some wild taxus canadensis since you are in the growing range for that tree? Surprisingly, Canadian Yew actually grows in one deep ravine in Tennessee, that being the most southwestern population in north america... I hope to visit that spot one day.
I do have a few plum yews on my property and can find them in specialty nurseries in my area. Yes, Taxus canadensis grows wild in my area! In fact I've been meaning to do a video of them in a forested valley close by that contains a huge population of them! I also have a few on property and love the 45 degree angles they have a tendency to grow out from. Other non-native Taxus species and hydrids are very common in garden centers here too.@@moseseisley557