Green is a color, too. Sometimes the industry gets caught up in touting plants with bold colors, which are no doubt an amazing part of home and commercial landscapes, but forgets about the simplicity and elegance of green.
Taxus cuspidata Emerald Spreader brings a calm to any style landscape, and carries that beautiful emerald-green color throughout the winter.
Small, dense needles, shorter rigid branching and a symmetrical low growth habit sets this Japanese yew apart from other T. cuspidata cultivars. Although it’s quite cold hardy, it would grow best with some protection from cold winter winds to keep winter burn at bay.
It tends to fill out right to the ground and doesn’t necessarily require facer plants in front. It’s a slow grower and purportedly can live 50 years under ideal conditions.
Why grow Taxus cuspidata Emerald Spreader?
- Evergreen, providing winter interest.
- Drought tolerant.
- Extremely cold hardy.
- Long-lived plant.
Sources: Landscaping by Bachman’s, Missouri Botanical Gardens
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