Hick's Yew is a dense slow-growing evergreen shrub with tightly upright branches and dark green needle like foliage.  As it is a female cultivar it does not produces red berries instead of cones.  Best planted in moist and sandy well-drained soils. 

Type:	Shrub
Height:	9' - 12'
Spread:	6’ - 10'
Spacing:	8’
USDA Hardiness Zone:	4 - 7
Culture:	Full Sun, Part Sun
Bloom Color:	N/A
Season of Interest:	Year-Round

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Low Maintenance.  Susceptible to winter burn, especially when planted in unprotected areas.  Twig and needle blight may be a problem, as well as mealybugs, mites, and scale in some areas.  Rot rot may occur in poorly drained soils. 

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Hedges, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Barberry, Liliac, Viburnum

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 2zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photoset by F. D. Richards, Taxus x media 'Hicksii', 2016 (1)+(2), (5) Photo by David J. Stang, Taxus x media Hicksii 5zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown