Yew Tree

The Yew is one of Britains best known conifers with its association with bow making and churchyards being a symbol of mourning, in some churchyards in England the Yew tree growing in it has been found to be older than the buildings of the church in fact some Yews may be as much as a 1000 years old, there is also a wealth of legends about these trees. In the formal garden the Yew has been used for evergreen hedges and stands unlimited clipping.