When does the yew bloom and bear fruit? The latest answer is here

The yew is a shallow-rooted plant, with an inconspicuous taproot and well-developed lateral roots. It is recognized worldwide as a rare natural anti-cancer plant on the verge of extinction, an ancient relict tree species left over from the Quaternary glaciation, with a history of 2.5 million years on Earth. Below let us take a look at when the yew blooms and bears fruit!

Bloom and fruiting time of the Chinese yew (Taxus wallichiana var. mairei)

The Chinese yew bears fruit at 7-8 years of tree age. It is dioecious, with a flowering period of April-May and a fruiting period of June-November. The fruit is shaped like a cherry and colored like a ruby, and looks very beautiful hanging on the branches and leaves. The fruit is ornamental and edible. Before the yew bears fruit, male and female cannot be distinguished, and due to changes in factors such as environment and climate, male and female can change into each other. Long-term cultivation and care experience has proven that the proportion of female trees is far greater than that of male trees.

Bloom and fruiting time of the hybrid yew (Taxus media)

The hybrid yew is dioecious, planted at a female-to-male ratio of 9:1; female plants, after 4-5 years of planting, can bloom and bear fruit, with a flowering period of April-May and a fruiting period of June-November. The fruit grows on the previous year's fruiting mother branches. When pruning female plants, the number of fruiting mother branches must be ensured so that the yew will bear fruit the following year.

Conditions for the yew to bloom and bear fruit

1. The tree age reaches the conditions for blooming and bearing fruit.

2. Suitable growing conditions

2. The yew is dioecious, and fruit can only be set through cross-pollination between different plants, so both female and male plants need to be present among the yews planted.