Hicks Yew
Taxus x media ‘Hicksii’ · an upright yew for hedges
A narrow, upright yew with glossy dark green needles that holds its colour all winter, a classic tall, slim hedge or screen for tight spaces, in sun or heavy shade. It takes shearing, clay and city conditions, but it must have well-drained soil, since wet soil rots it. All parts of yew are poisonous to people and pets.
- Mature size
- 11 × 7 ft
- 3.5 × 2.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a–7b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium
Hicks Yew at its mature size
A mature Hicks Yew grows to about 11 ft tall and 7 ft wide, taller than most people.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Purdue Arboretum, Monrovia, Wasco Nursery, Waverly Farm.
Through the year
What Hicks Yew looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
In leaf · Year-round
Dense dark green flat needles.
Photos
Growing Hicks Yew
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Midwest, and the Plains and Mountain West.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Good for
- Privacy screen, hedge, foundation planting, and shade garden
- Leaves
- Evergreen
- Native to
- Europe and Japan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Hicks Yew, that’s about 7 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Hicks Yew in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other yews
Yew
Hicks YewAll drawn to the same scale.