Description
Medium-sized, compact, upright, broad, slow growing evergreen shrub, conifer (H 1,5-2 m, W 2,5-3,5 m). Crown broadly oval, dense. Branches short, densely branched, upright to widely spreading. Needles flat (1,5-2,5 cm), dark green. Flowers unisexual, male and female flowers on separate plants; male inflorescence very numerous, yellow, female flowers green. Flowering period: March-April. Fruits produced on female plants only, ovate (0,7-1 cm), fleshy, juicy, light red. Ripening time: August-October. Very long-lived, healthy and adaptable species. Requires fertile, sufficiently drained, moderately moist soils. Easily withstands cold, wind, poor soils, urban conditions and hard pruning. Taxus × media is a cross T. baccata × T. cuspidata.