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Help Identifying Shrub

7 years ago

Could someone please help me identify this shrub? The foliage is similar to rosemary only it is denser and darker in color. Also, there are red berries. Anyone?

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK

7 years ago

Finally the magic words, "it is my opinion". Perhaps, Logan-Caldwell you have not been lucky enough to see a thousand year old Taxus baccata tree in an ancient churchyard, a wild red-barked Yew grove glowing in the evening sun on a green hillside or a 200 year old topiary garden? Until you have perhaps you should ensure that you always state that your hatred of yew is an opinion, not a fact.

I dislike Norway spruce since they remind me of threadbare Christmas trees dropping needles all over the carpet and I would take Yew over them any day but I don't go round telling other people that spruces are horrible trees as if it were a universal truth.

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
7 years ago
Sounds like Yew. But can you post a picture so we can check?
msbaby1
Original Author
7 years ago
I am clicking to upload a pic but it's not uploading. I'm not sure why.
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Logan L Johnson
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hmm....

Does it looks and feel fake? If so probably the infamous taxus baccata.
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Logan just because you don't care for Taxus baccata, why assume that no one else does? There are great cultivars and it is an extremely useful shrub. I love it.
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Well, I don't. It is my opinion that they look like they jumped out of a dollar store.
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