Irish Yew hedging plants – The Irish Yew (Taxus Baccata ‘Fastigiata’) is an evergreen shrub that is often found in churchyards, up and down the country. They typically grow up right in a column shape, which can make for a statement piece. Or, when planted alongside other Irish Yew’s, can be cultivated slowly into a fantastic, tight knitted hedge, which is great when used as a privacy hedge and to help prevent intruders. They make for great homes for nesting birds and wildlife too.
It is a primitive form of a conifer, but produces fruits rather than cones like traditional conifers. It was supposedly grown in churchyards over the graves of the plague victims, to help purify and protect them.
Irish Yew hedging plants can grow in either full sunlight, partial shade or full shade and in either a sheltered or exposed spot in your garden. So long as the soil it is planted in is well draining, it can thrive in all soils, including difficult chalk.
The beauty of this hedge is that there is no particular preferred time to prune it, and you don’t necessarily have to. You can of course trim and shape it into whatever shape you desire. It is an extremely hardy plant that can tolerate a lot, and makes for the perfect ornamental visual in your manicured garden.
Why not take a look at the range of Irish Yew hedging plants we have available in pots? For more information on this plant, contact our specialist team members for more information.
We are now taking orders for January delivery.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £90 | £15.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £90 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £420 | £72.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £420 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £72.00 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Under £1800 | Please call us |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £1800 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page
