English Yew Bare Root 20–40cm | Taxus baccata Hedging

English Yew (Taxus baccata) 20–40cm bare root plants are ideal for creating dense, evergreen hedges and screening in UK gardens. Suitable for partial shade or full sun, yew hedging reaches up to 3m in height when regularly trimmed, or grows as a specimen tree up to 15m. These native UK conifers tolerate a wide range of soils, including limestone, chalk, and sandy types. Delivered as bareroot for easy garden establishment between November and March.

Key Features

• Supplied as 20–40cm bare root plants
• Evergreen foliage, effective for year-round privacy
• Drought tolerant, low maintenance after establishment
• Attractive to birds (female plants produce red berries)
• Popular for hedges, topiary, and screening

FAQs

• Is English yew suitable for privacy hedging? Yes. When planted at 3–5 plants per metre and regularly trimmed, yew forms a dense, long-lived privacy hedge up to 3m tall.
• Can yew be used for topiary versus boxwood? English yew is slower-growing than boxwood but offers denser, easier-to-shape foliage for large topiary forms.
• How easy is establishment from bare root? Provided they are planted promptly into prepared soil and watered during the first year, bareroot yews establish reliably in UK gardens.
• Will English yew grow in shade? Yes, yew tolerates both partial shade and full sun positions.