taxus x media 'hicksii' (hick's yew) magenta

taxus x media 'hicksii' (hick's yew) magentacolumnar, dense, with sharply ascending branches excellent evergreen for tight hedging narrow, short stalked, dark green needles small, round, fleshy, red berries on mature stems extremely low tolerance for wet, poorly drained conditions mature taxus species have the ability to regrow from old wood, so older specimens can be rejuvenated in the garden zone 5 height 250 300cm spread 150 175cm a versatile evergreen tolerating heavy pruning, making it

ovate leaves

native perennial

white flowers with a star-shaped light pink centres

deadheading will promote new blooms and keep the plant compact

they should not be moved once established

overlapping petals-  petals are often ruffled and fill the centre

bergenia are evergreen

deer and rabbit resistant

lavender-pink flowers appear on square stems just above foliage

flowers dry on stems adding winter appeal

lavender flowers

needs little water and is tolerant of a wide variety of soil conditions