| Scientific Name: | Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Fastigiata' |
| Common Name: | columnar false yew, Japanese plum-yew |
| Family Name: | Cephalotaxaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Fastigiate |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Hedge row, Screening, Sheared hedge |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Needle-like, Spiraled, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Mar-Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Cone (winged seeds), (Accessory tissue), Green, Dark-red, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves spirally arranged (species is 2-ranked), leathery, needle-like, flattened, very dark green, apex acuminate, broadly linear, most 3-5cm long x 3-4mm wide; species is dioecious - pollen cones globular, 2-3cm long x 1.5cm wide, on 2-4mm stalks beneath each pair of leaves, yellowish-brown, spring; seed cones single seeded with aril (fleshy covering of modified scales), 2 on curved stalks at the bases of the shoots, pale green maturing purple-brown in late summer. | |