Species: Taxus baccata L.
Italian common noun: Tasso comune
Family: Taxaceae
Natural shapesShapes and Topiary ArtTrees EvergreenFull shadeFull sunPartial shade
Climate resistance: + / -20° CClimate resistance: + / -20° C
- Legislative Decree no. 151

Origin: Europe, North Africa, Iran

Botanical characteristics: It is a slow-growing evergreen conifer, broadly conical with horizontal expanded branches. It has a reddish-brown scaly bark with green shoots. Leaves are distichous, linear, acute, shiny, dark green and lighter beneath, 2-3 cm long. It is a dioecious plant with male and female inflorescences on separated plants. In spring the male plant bears yellow flowers, full of pollen, while the female one bears false fruits (arils) from September to October. Fruits are fleshy, red, juicy and sweet, with black poisonous seeds.

Agronomic and environmental characteristics: It is spontaneous but rare in the beech wood of the Alps and Apennines. It is commonly cultivated throughout the peninsula, on any fertile, well-drained, preferably chalky soil, both in full sun and full shadow. It has an high resistance to drought and air pollution.

Use: It is ideal for formal hedges and topiary. Moreover, it is used in parks and gardens as single specimen, in groups, for groves. It is excellent for urban green areas. It is the typical species of Italian garden used for hedges, fifth, topiary.

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Produzione Note Altezza Circonferenza tronco Diametro/Lato chioma Q.tà  
Vaso 9.9.13 Vaso 9.9.13
Vaso 12 Vaso 12
Vaso Ø 18 Vaso Ø 18
Zolla 60-80 cm
Zolla 80-100 cm
Zolla 100-125 cm
Zolla 125-150 cm
Zolla 150-175 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 175-200 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 200-250 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 250-300 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 300-350 cm
Zolla forma a cono 80-100 cm
Zolla forma a cono 100-125 cm
Zolla forma a cono 125-150 cm
Zolla forma a cono 150-175 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cono 175-200 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cono 200-225 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cono 225-250 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cono 250-300 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a cono 300-350 cm
Zolla forma a piramide 80-100 cm
Zolla forma a piramide 100-125 cm
Zolla forma a piramide 125-150 cm
Zolla forma a piramide 150-175 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a piramide 175-200 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a piramide 200-250 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso forma a piramide 250-300 cm
Zolla forma a spalliera CFR 100 H 180
Zolla forma a palla 60-70 cm
Zolla forma a palla 70-80 cm
Zolla forma a palla 80-90 cm
Zolla forma a palla 90-100 cm
Zolla forma a palla 100-125 cm
Zolla 12-14 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 14-16 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 16-18 cm
Zolla/Air-Pot/Vaso 18-20 cm