Synonyms
Amentotaxus cathayensis
Conifers Trees
A slow-growing evergreen conifer, up to around 8m high, with ascending branches and reddish young bark fading to grey-brown. Leaves are linear, to around 10cm long, dark green and leathery, with bands of silvery white along the undersides. Pollen cones are around 6cm long, and formed in groups of 1-3 at tips of the branches, seed cones are shorter and rounder, to around 2.5cm long. Seeds are small and covered with a long red aril (a fleshy outgrowth or appendage)
Position
Partial shade
Soil Types
Chalk, Loam, Sand
Max Height
4-8 metres
Max Spread
4-8 metres