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Taxus × hunnewelliana 'Richard Horsey'
Common name:
Richard Horsey Hunnewell yew
Family:
Taxaceae (yew family)
Distribution:
hybrid: Taxus cuspidata × T. canadensis
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 5
Life form:
Evergreen shrub
Comments:
A very dense, evergreen female cultivar that grows low and spreading. After nearly 40 years attains 3' high and spread of 30'. Older stem bark is rich reddish brown. Produces a fleshy, red, aril covered seed cone.
Links:
American Conifer Society Database
Locations
1:
DWD: AJ05
(AJ05)
• Accession: D1977-0055.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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