The plant of Taxus Baccata, commonly called Common rate, is an evergreen conifer very longeva, belonging to the family of taxaceae. The trunk is wrinkled and, in the adult specimens, takes a reddish color. The leaves aghiforms are flat with an intense and translucent green color. Thank you to its slow growth, it is often used as a plant formed for the art of mice (pot plants in order to give it a geometric shape). Are plants that need few care and very cold resistant. They bear well the shadow, but suffers for the soil too humid, in fact it is recommended a well drained soil.
Size: the rate is an evergreen tree with a very slow growth, in fact in nature often appears as a small shrub, but in optimal conditions it can reach heights of 15 - 20 meters.
use: very used both as a hedge plant, and as an isolated specimen. Can also be used in groups and excellent choice for urban environments. is often used as a plant formed for mice art.
The Taxus Baccata has origins in Europe, northern Africa and Iran.