
They don’t need much in the way of water, and pruning, if one is patient; can be a one-time chore in the middle of July.
Their
primary use is as a foundation plating, a backdrop for anything shorter you’d
like to park in front it, or taller, planted on either side. They offer life to
the winter landscaping after all the deciduous plants have lost their leaves
and look dead. They provide a haven for winter bird visiting your feeder.
Like I said
earlier, the pruning needs only to be once a year. Most people think about
pruning when they see their neighbors out there hacking away on the shrubbery
in June. In June the yews are still growing, and a growing yew keeps on
producing new stems even if you cut them off. Come July the plant finishes its
growth for the year and stops; what you cut of now won’t grow back until next
year.

For those
of you with horses there is a warning: “Do Not Feed the Clippings to Your
Equines” they will die. Every 20 years or so you will read about someone who
didn’t get the memo on this; and it serves as a reminder to the rest in the
equestrian world.
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