A gnarly old yew tree reputed to be anywhere between 3000-5000 years old, it is the oldest living organism in the UK.
A yew hedge screens the approaches to the formal gardens near the house, where a north-south path is edged with pale blue iris.
Abies smithiana extends into Afghanistan; Abies webbiana forms dense forests at altitudes of 8000 to 12,000 ft., and ranges from Bhutan to Kashmir; several junipers and the common yew (Taxus baccata) also occur.
All chlorophyll plants require light, but in very different degrees, as exemplified even in the United Kingdom by the shade-bearing beech and yew contrasted with the light-demanding larch and birch; and as with temperature so with light, every plant and even every organ has its optimum of illumination.
Among the wooden objects recovered from the relic beds were tubs, plates, ladles and spoons, a flail for threshing corn, a last for stretching shoes of hide, celt handles, clubs, long-bows of yew, floats and implements of fishing and a dug-out canoe 12 ft.
Among them are the beech, ash, birch, maple, cypress and yew.
Archeologists have recently found well-preserved Yew wood carvings at ancient sites of springs and wells which were probably votive offerings.
Around the wall in the houses of the wealthy were arranged the bedsteads, or rather compartments, with testers and fronts, sometimes made of carved yew.
At Castlewellan it is planted in a shady border near a large Yew hedge, in peat, leaf soil, and loam in equal proportions.
At maturity, this yew will be about twelve feet tall with a five foot girth but may be kept smaller by regular clipping.
At the base are found vines and maize; on the lower slopes are green pastures, or wheat, barley and other kinds of corn; above are often forests of oak, ash, elm, &c.; and still higher the yew and the fir may be seen braving the climatic conditions.
Beyond the flowering cherries, is the serpentine yew tunnel, which runs the full length of the lawn.
Calcareous beech and yew woodland forms perhaps 40% of the total amount of lowland beech and yew habitat type defined above.
Carolyn and Carole planted some green yew (Taxus baccata) in these boxes.
Current Status Biological status lowland beech and yew woodland spans a variety of distinctive vegetation types reflecting differences in soil and topographical conditions.
Curved side planks were stitched to the bottom of the boat with twisted yew withies.
Finally in the yew, as a type of the family Taxeae, the ovules occur singly at the apex of a lateral branch, enclosed when ripe by a conspicuous red or yellow fleshy arillus, which serves as an attraction to animals, and thus aids in the dispersal of the seeds.
Fine oaks and beeches are numerous, and yew trees of great size and age are seen in some Kentish churchyards, as at Stansted, while the fine oak at Headcorn is also famous.
Florence Court 's most notable tree, the Irish Yew, grows in a much wilder part of the estate.
Florence Court's most notable tree, the Irish yew, grows in a much wilder part of the estate.
Hawthorn is the best hedge, followed by holly, yew and wild privet.
His grave is beside no church, neither under the shadow of any ancient yew.
His large grave is guarded by railings in the southeast corner of the churchyard, beneath the great yew.
His trees included the false larch, the Chinese plum yew, the umbrella pine and the Cryptomeria.
However, a shortage of yew trees meant that ash, elm or wych elm were also used.
I do not know of any other garden, real or fictitious, claiming to have a " yew alley " .
In all three zones occur the chestnut, aspen, willow (especially Salix laurea), hornbeam, birch, alder, juniper and yew; while the mountain ash, hazel, wild plum, wild pear and other wild fruit trees are found at rarer intervals.
In the less exposed localities, on northern slopes and sheltered valleys, the European forms become more numerous, and we find species of alder, birch, ash, elm, maple, holly, hornbeam, Pyrus, &c. At greater elevations in the interior, besides the above are met Corylus, the common walnut, found wild throughout the range, horse chestnut, yew, also Picea Webbiana, Pinus, excelsa, Abies Smithiana, Cedrus Deodara (which tree does not grow spontaneously east of Kumaon), and several junipers.
It would prove, I think, a good evergreen hedge plant where the dangerous poison of our own Yew makes its use impossible in any place to which horses or cattle have access.
Leaf shaped silver pendant with a large section of Yew inlayed.
More information 3rd February 2003 300 year old yew saved from the chop !
More information 3rd February 2003 300 year old yew saved from the chop!
Of the Coniferae, Podocarpus and Pinus longifolia alone descend to the tropical zone; Abies Brunoniana and Smithiana and the larch (a genus not seen in the western mountains) are found at 8000, and the yew and Picea Webbiana at 10,000 ft.
Plant a traditional yew hedge for a perfect finish.
Plumfruited Yew (Prumnopitys Elegans) - An evergreen tree from chili, allied to the common Yew, of dense growth and cheerful green color.
Podocarpus - Evergreen trees of the Yew tribe, tender in Britain save in the mildest parts.
Probably the most outstanding example is the growing of yew trees in the churchyards to supply the wood for making the longbows.
Red backed hawks and crested caracara competed for perches in the few yew trees I was camping in the shelter of.
Resin-canals, which occur abundantly in the xylem, phloem or cortex, are not found in the wood of the yew.
The body doesn't care about the source of chemicals broken down during digestion; a completely natural plant such as yew or foxglove can be poisonous, while a man-made aspirin, benign.
The boundary to the road consists of a low red brick wall planted with mature yew hedging.
The commonest species of trees are such as grow in central Europe, namely, ash, fir, pine, beech, acacia, maple, birch, box, chestnut, laurel, holm-oak, poplar, elm, lime, yew, elder, willow, oak.
The earliest stone is of 1671 under a yew on the west side of the church.
The forests contain a great variety of useful woods, affording excellent timber; among the commonest trees are the yellow wood, which is also one of the largest, belonging to the yew species; black iron wood; heavy, close-grained and durable stinkhout; melkhout, a white wood used for wheelwork; nieshout; and the assegai or Cape lancewood.
The garden has the oldest yew hedge maze in England.
The garden still contains a yew tree which he planted in 1645.
The history of the sacred yew can be sketched in outline.
The holly, the yew, the laurel, if allowed to grow from a single stem, become trees, other plants such as rhododendron, syringa, the euonymous are properly shrubs.
The implements found in the relic bed under it were axe-heads of stone, with their haftings of stag's horn and wood; a flint saw, set in a handle of fir wood and fastened with asphalt; flint flakes and arrow-heads; harpoons of stag's horn with barbs; awls, needles, chisels, fish-hooks and other implements of bone; a comb of yew wood 5 in.
The large green lawn enclosed by a wall of yew hedges, provides a tranquil oasis in the heart of Stratford.
The large walled garden has been restored to its 18 th -century formal design and has a Victorian parterre and yew walk.
The little Skell descends from the uplands of Pateley Moor to the west a clear swift stream, traversing a valley clothed with woods, conspicuous among which are some ancient yew trees which may have sheltered the monks who first sought retreat here.
The stamens of Araucaria and Agathis are peculiar in bearing several long and narrow free pollen-sacs; these may be compared with the sporangiophores of the horsetails (Equisetum); in Taxus (yew) the filament is attached to the centre of a large circular distal expansion, which bears several pollen-sacs on its under surface.
The trees chiefly used for the hedges, and the best for the purpose, are the hornbeam among deciduous trees, or the yew among evergreens.
The upper regions of Mt Elgon, Mt Debasien and Mt Agoro are clothed with forests of conifers - juniper and yew - and witch-hazels (Trichocladus).
The yew woodland is an outstanding example of a habitat with a very small representation in Britain.
There is little sound except for the breeze stirring in the churchyard yew trees.
These were made of bronze backed with wood, or of yew covered with hide.
They claimed to be able to foretell the future by watching the clouds, or by means of divining-rods made of yew.
This he accomplished by means of four wands of yew inscribed with ogam characters.
This is in origin a Celtic name perhaps meaning ' yew grove ' .
Tuesday, September 07, 2004 Where have yew been?
Tuesday, September 07, 2004 Where have Yew been?
Unfortunately Queen Anne, who hated yew, had it all uprooted and redesigned the garden.
We find the living British species of Rhamnus, maple, sloe, hawthorn, apple, white-beam, guelder-rose, cornel, elm, birch, alder, hornbeam, hazel, oak, beech, willow, yew and pine, and also the spruce.
We have also the yew, the hazel, juniper, walnut, wild peach and almond.
Where these are required to be narrow as well as lofty, holly, yew or beech is to be preferred; but, if there is sufficient space, the beautiful laurel and the bay may be employed where they will thrive.
While building their monastery the monks are said to have lived at first under an elm and then under seven yew trees called the Seven Sisters.
Yew and juniper, and the broadleaved evergreen holly are best grown in containers, and planted out when 2-3 years old.
Yew is especially abundant on the scree immediately below the Scar.
Youghal (Eschaill, " the Yew wood") was made a settlement of the Northmen in the 9th century, and was incorporated by King John in 1209.