Ich bin in ein neues Haus gezogen und beides war bereits bepflanzt. Google sagt, dass es sich bei der einen um eine Eibe und bei der anderen um eine Western Red Cedar handelt. Welche Vorteile hat es, diese beizubehalten?
Wenn jemand helfen kann, dies zu bestätigen und mir dabei helfen kann, diese zu identifizieren, wäre ich sehr dankbar.
Von: Proof-Set1146
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Yes the first one is Taxus baccata and the second is rightly a Thuja but may be occidentalis or plicata.
Benefits of keeping them? They’ll get big, the former will have berries. Both will need an annual or biannual trim for desired shape or form.
Both can be cut to topiary if that’s your thing.
Taxus is toxic and you should wash your hands after handling. Wear gloves
Yep looks like yew (Taxus baccata) in the first pics and Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) in the second.
Yew will grow slow, good for birds, you can shape it how you want it. It will have berries when more mature, good for birds, not for kids but if you topiary it, you won’t get many berries.
Cedar will grow quicker it’s good cover for birds, not sure if they like the little cones it produces. You can trim, but really only to keep in it’s natural shape the way it’s been planted. It again will get big if left so may provide you some privacy from neighbours eventually if needed.
They have both been planted very close to the fence so if you let them get big, this may be a issue in a few years.
Am going out on a limb here because the picture isnt great, but I think you have a yew and a cypress.
Yew is great but extremely toxic, pets and children should be kept safely away from eating any part. (technically the bright red berries are edible but each berry contains a highly toxic seed so …).
Cypress is just a thug, you cant prune them back too hard or they just turn brown in patches, they grow like crazy and take all the water away from the surrounding area. In 5 years time this one will be above fence level and hiding that entire panel in the pic. In 10 it will probably have started pushing the fence over.
They look cute in the garden centre and they tell you they will stay small and need zero maintenance… they are just interested in making a sale.
Your ID’s are correct. As a professional gardener my advice would be remove them now. Both can grow to 20+ metres and all you will do is constantly be trying to stop them reaching that height. Yew is very slow and can be topiaried, but in the long run you will wish they weren’t there.
The identifications made are correct and the benefits could be that you’ll have privacy, if you are interested in that, & protection from the sun or wind. We have those Cypresses’ as a hedge and we love them for the reason I just told you.