English Yew Cone shape topiary plants simply require a steady hand and a sharp pair of shears, along with a good eye for symmetry as they require trimming each year to sharpen the edges of the plant from the fronds of new growth, and of course where several Cone Shaped Yew plants are included in the planting extra care needs to be taken to keep them all at the same diameter in order to ‘match’. To avoid such precision, you could of course alternate the heights and diameters you plant, creating a truly interesting garden feature! English Yew Topiary Cone Shapes have the advantage that as a slow growing plant at between 15-30cm per year trimming is not so much of a problem as perhaps with other topiary plants, and is widely considered to be the most elegant for shaping as it can give such a smooth appearance to the finished Cone Shape.
These superb evergreen topiary plants look wonderful as part of a formal parterre planting scheme, planted in large parts to define the entrance to your home or business, or simply as the focal point to give height and structure to a feature garden bed or border.
You can plant your evergreen English Yew Cone Shape topiary plants in almost any location from full sun through to partial shade. It will thrive in most soils that are well drained. Grown in containers or planted directly into the garden English Yew requires reasonable soil with good drainage as it is not happy sitting in wet soil for any length of time. Make sure your soil is free of weeds and grass and dug over so it is as loose and crumbly as possible as this means your plants roots can most easily get established. English Yew Cone Shape topiary plants will require consistent careful watering in the first year of planting, and once established can generally then be left to their own devices unless planted in pots which will require ongoing careful and consistent watering.
English Yew Cone Shape topiary plants are available in large pot sizes from our nursery all year round.
To give your English Yew Cone Shape topiary plants the best very chance to thrive it is always advisable to prepare the ground as well as possible and follow the planting guidance we e-mail on confirmation of order. A hard copy of this planting guidance leaflet is also sent out with every order. We always recommend the use of the Mycorrhizal Fungi Rootgrow which enhances a plant root system and the use of the slow-release fertiliser Bonemeal to encourage faster establishment and a more drought resilient hedge with a stronger root system.
Trimming would normally be carried out in autumn but you could snip off any rogue new growth that appears in the meantime, being careful to avoid times of frost.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 3-7 days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £90 | £15.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £90 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £420 | £72.00 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £420 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £72.00 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Under £1800 | Please call us |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £1800 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page
