Taxus × media 'Flushing'
Object Details
- Description
- This is a cultivar of a yew hybrid between the Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidate) and English yew (Taxus baccata). ‘Flushing’ is a narrow, columnar form which is also female, and always has ornamental red fruits.
- Hardiness
- -30 - 10 F
- Parentage
- Taxus cuspidata x Taxus baccata
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivated
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Arts and Industries Building
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0633A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Anglojap yew cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Pinidae
- Order
- Cupressales
- Family
- Taxaceae
- Genus
- Taxus
- Species
- × media
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bark Characteristics
- Scaly, brown
- Foliage Characteristics
- Needle-like, green foliage
- Fruit Characteristics
- Red, berry-like cones
- Plant Size
- 12-15' tall x 2-3' wide (3.7-4.6 x .6-.9 meters)
- Structure
- Columnar
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0633A