Taxus baccata 'Lutea'

Common name: Yellow-berried yew (Differing from the common yew only in the yellow orange arils of its fruits)

Synonyms:Taxus baccata var. fructo-lutea Loudon, Arb. Brit. 4: 2068 (1838), Taxus baccata f. luteo-baccata Pilger, Pflanzenreich 18(iv, 5): 115 (1903); Taxus baccata f. luteibaccata Pilger, Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 25: 12 (1916); Taxus baccata f. lutea (Endl.) Rehder, Bibl. cult. trees 2 (1949)

Selection: It was first noted about 1817 on the demesne of the Bishop of Kildare at Glasnevin near Dublin, but the immediate parent of the cultivated stock was apparently a tree at Clontarf Castle.

Publication: Flora Hibernica (1836)

Origin:Natural selection

Growth shape: Irregular broad conical

Intensity of growth / year: Large (30 cm)

Adult size: 3 – 5 m

Conifer color:Glossy green shades

Rootstock:Taxus baccata