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Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata'
Japanese Plum Yew
Plant Type: Shrub
A unique fastigiate evergreen shrub with a wide, almost round, columnar habit. Dark green-black linear leaves arranged in bottlebrush form giving a distinctive textural quality to the landscape. Growth rate is slow. An extremely versatile plant often used as an "artful accent plant" but may also be trained low as an upright formal hedge or even deer resistant foundation plant.
Mature Height:
8-10 ft
Mature Spread:
6-8 ft
Spacing:
6-8 ft
Zone:
6-10
Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata' Characteristics & Attributes:
Low Maintenance
Mass Planting
Heat Tolerant
Great Foliage
Evergreen
Deer Resistant
Partial Sun
Full Shade
Moist, Well-Drained
Average Water
Attracts Wildlife
| • | Winter shelter |
Attributes
| • | Disease Resistant |
| • | Hedge |
| • | Specimen |
| • | Woodland Garden |
| • | Focal Point |
| • | Slow Growing |
| • | Border or Bed |
| • | Woodland Edge |
Foliage Color
| • | Black |
| • | Green |
Habit
| • | Fastigiate |
Season of Interest (Foliage)
| • | Winter |
| • | Summer |
Soil Moisture
| • | Well Drained |