Multi-stems – Our Top Six
Ever bought a plant and then wandered around the garden looking for somewhere to plant it?…
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How to match Plants with Pots
Plants and pots are not always a match made in heaven. This is my guide to getting started and making the best choices with my top 5 plants for pots….
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Our Box Alternatives
The demise of Box. We are an indomitable lot we gardeners, and once the inevitable has been recognised there are alternatives. So if you are looking for advice and guidance to help find a suitable Box replacement, read on……
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Taxus baccata – Multi Stems
A native European tree, more often seen clipped as a hedge and as topiary. The foliage is toxic to many browsing animals (cattle, horses and sheep) and so in rural areas, you’ll only see this growing in church yards, gardens and some native stands of pure yew forest like the wonderfully ancient and slightly spooky Kingley Vale near Chichester in West Sussex.
Hardiness level Green
Taxus baccata – Cubes
The perfect topiary yew cube is one of the most satisfying shapes fashioned from Taxus baccata. The epitome of simple yet smart precision. Whatever the time of the year, the light finds a way to define the symmetry of each refined luxurious evergreen side; highlighting the crisp lines and casting subtle geometric shadows on its near surrounds.
Hardiness level Green
Taxus baccata – Topiary
Short of owning your own garden maze, our raised stem topiary yew cubes, yew gatekeepers with ball top or mushroom top, and yew spirals are the ultimate statement in topiary splendour. Persuadable and co-operative to shaping, Taxus baccata will dutifully maintain pretty much any shape demanded of it. These are clipped and trained in a style synonymous with those found in the gardens at Chateau Villandry in the Loire Valley.
Hardiness level Green
Plants For New Homes: Part 2
Plants For New Homes: Part 2 Forward Thinking With Forms: Topiary Trees Here in Part 2, we’ll talk about 5 of the must-have topiary trees which are perfect for new gardens. In Part 1 of our ‘Plants For New Homes’ guide we looked at a number of starter plants that could handle most of the…
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Taxus baccata – Pyramids
Our topiary yew pyramids provide vertical drama all year round. Immediately eye-catching, not much else shows off the angular and textural versatility of Taxus baccata quite so succinctly. Evergreen, there are two options: keep meticulously clipped twice a year and the pyramid surfaces and edges can look crisp and dynamic: leave unclipped for a longer period of time (most definitely don’t just leave it untamed) and the surface form can be fluffy and tactile.
Hardiness level Green
Taxus baccata – Niwaki
Our yew ‘Niwaki’ trees are homegrown by our propagators and trained and shaped by Linda and our experienced topiary experts. An exciting new ornamental topiary addition to our range of ‘Niwaki’ forms, we’re developing these to show off all the handsome characteristics of Taxus baccata in one plant. Keep the cloud-pruned pads sharply clipped for long lasting definition or be a little more relaxed with your shears and allow the plush and fuzzy textural habit of the foliage to do the talking.
Hardiness level Green
Taxus baccata – Balls
Our yew balls have a spherical and buxom profile and are distinctly different in shape to our pillows. If you’re a perfectionist and are looking for a formal look, then they will require greater attention when clipping to retain that quintessential definition. Slow growing, you’ll only need to do this twice a year. You can’t beat them for creating a structured garden space, or potted in a courtyard, or lining pathways, or planted as part of a contemporary par-terre or an Architectural Plants’ Blobbery TM.
Hardiness level Green