Foundation Yew
Taxus x media
More details
- Light
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Type
- Shrub
- Maintenance
- Low
- Growth
- Slow
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Features
- Drought tolerant, Poisonous
- Best uses
- Barrier, Border, Foundation, Hedge, Lawn, Mass planting, Path, Patio
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These are tagged deer-resistant in the same catalogue. Check light and height before planting.

bloodtwig dogwood
Cornus sanguinea
similar roleCornus sanguinea , commonly known as blood twig dogwood, European dogwood or common dogwood, is an upright, round-topped, spreading, twiggy, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub that typically matures to 8-15’ tall and as wide.

Chinese angelica tree
Aralia chinensis
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Twinberry Honeysuckle
Lonicera involucrata
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gray dogwood
Cornus racemosa
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pussy willow
Salix discolor
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bottlebrush buckeye
Aesculus parviflora var. serotina
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Japanese witch hazel
Hamamelis japonica
similar roleHamamelis japonica , commonly called Japanese witch hazel, is an upright, open, medium to large, suckering, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 10-15' tall with a rounded, spreading shape.

Moroccan broom
Argyrocytisus battandieri
similar roleArgyrocytisus , commonly called silver broom or pineapple broom, is a silver/gray-leaved evergreen to deciduous shrub or small tree in the legume family.

River Wattle
Acacia cognata
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Huisache
Acacia farnesiana
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