Continue reading Beyond the famous Thyme Walk that marches out from the back of the house with a parade of whimsically shaped golden yew topiary, there’s the Carpet Garden, modeled after two of ...

Yew trees and shrubs (Taxus) are among the most versatile of conifers. These slow-growing, long-lived evergreens are drought-tolerant, pest-free and amazingly easy to prune. Most have dark green ...

The columnar golden yew (Taxus baccata ‘Standishii’) also adds the Midas touch to your container. The attractive needles on this narrow columnar yew project a golden radiance all winter.

Take a stubbornly empty corner of a fenced garden that's in part shade and plant an upright shape to soak up the space, say a golden yew such as Taxus baccata 'Standishii.' Anchor a freestanding ...

Here a team of gardeners are carefully tidying up box and golden yew bushes, which have been clipped over many years into eccentric shapes including proud peacocks, majestic crowns and ornate spheres.