Hick's Yew is a dense slow-growing evergreen shrub with tightly upright branches and dark green needle like foliage. As it is a female cultivar it does not produces red berries instead of cones. Best planted in moist and sandy well-drained soils. Type: Shrub Height: 9' - 12' Spread: 6’ - 10' Spacing: 8’ USDA Hardiness Zone: 4 - 7 Culture: Full Sun, Part Sun Bloom Color: N/A Season of Interest: Year-Round MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance. Susceptible to winter burn, especially when planted in unprotected areas. Twig and needle blight may be a problem, as well as mealybugs, mites, and scale in some areas. Rot rot may occur in poorly drained soils. LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, and Containers. COMPANION PLANTS: Barberry, Liliac, Viburnum IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photoset by F. D. Richards, Taxus x media 'Hicksii', 2016 (1)+(2), (5) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 5zz, CC BY-SA 4.0 *As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown
