The oldest tree on the estate is an English yew, which is over 550 years old, predating the hall.

Simply because I prefer the colour and grain of English yew to that of any other wood.

The time has come, Slade thought as he watched the old man gazing at his sheared English yews.

The trees were beech and ash, with here and there an English yew, the soil being chalky.

"I've got in a good supply of English yew, and can begin carving her ladyship's bow straightaway.

English yews, Japanese yews and a multitude of hybrids grow all through the neighborhood.

The pool is surrounded by a narrow band of lawn bordered by towering English yew hedges.

Many of the century-old trees in the area, mainly English yew and lime, were also preserved in connection with the redevelopment.

The scientists say they consider paclitaxel is too complicated to synthesise completely artificially and are experimenting with English yew leaf clippings.

An English Yew that had been planted the year Lady Boswall was born also died, as did many oaks.

The main component, baccatin III, is extracted from the needles of the English yew, a common ornamental shrub.

Newer topiaries are made of English yew (Taxus baccata) a sturdy needled evergreen that requires pruning only once or twice a year.

Its climate is suited to growing traditional Northeastern plants, including English Yew, Boxwoods and Sugar Maples.

English Yew (Taxus baccata; Europinis kukmedis)

We had scratched the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, when our teeth started chattering too hard to hear what Ms. Keeve was saying about the English yew.

There were some strange outcrops of rock, a huddle of barns and outbuildings, a line of Irish and English yews, and an 18th-century crinkle-crankle wall.

The trees, which are gradually declining due to an insect called the woolly adelgid, are being replaced with a mix of English yew, arborvitae and Leland cypress.

Many modern bowyers assert the wood of the Osage orange is superior even to English Yew for this purpose, though this opinion is by no means unanimous.

At Carl Schurz Park, gardeners have planted a drought-friendly spread of tubers, purple allium, flowering onion plants, cat mint and chartreuse English yew.

It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may now be known as English yew, or European yew.

She designed it in the 1920's, and its old English yews, groomed by the wind, and sturdy red cedars protect the gingers, astilbes, native blueberries and viburnums from the northwest winds.

For year-round structure, the perennials are framed by hedges and buttresses of English yew, and pillars of 'Fastigiata Robusta', an especially narrow form of Irish yew.

However, the Spanish, French and Italian yews were also highly sought after because of their superior growth qualities and the very limited availability of English yew in the late Middle Ages.

A band was playing, out on the brick deck, amid the Tuscan terracotta pots filled with Martha Washington geraniums and globular English yews, and they went out into the star-filled darkness.

Dr Jenkins, from Leicester University, has been working on two compounds found in English yew and has recently been joined by Dr Nick Lawrence of Manchester University.

Today European yew is widely used in landscaping and ornamental horticulture.

Now scientists hope to isolate a chemical which works like taxol from the European Yew.

Its species is Taxus baccata, common name European Yew.

Firearms only supplanted longbows in England after almost all European yew supplies had been exhausted.

European yew or common yew (Taxus baccata)

It is notable as the location of Caesarsboom, an ancient European Yew designated a national monument of Belgium.

BMS took the process in-house and started to manufacture paclitaxel in Ireland from 10-deacetylbaccatin isolated from the needles of the European yew.

This compound is a biosynthetic precursor and is found in larger quantities than paclitaxel itself in Taxus baccata (the European Yew).

For the past 10 years we've been working on synthesising the chemical; now we're trying to see if the European Yew will provide the starter material for producing anti-cancer activity.

The related compound, 10-deacetylbaccatin III, is found in Taxus baccata, also known as the European Yew, in concentrations of 1 gram per kilogram leaves.

Other species suspected of reaching exceptional age include European Yew Taxus baccata (probably over 2,000 years) and Western Redcedar Thuja plicata.

It is the tree originally known as yew, though with other related trees becoming known, it may now be known as English yew, or European yew.

European yew will tolerate growing in a wide range of soils and situations, including shallow chalk soils and shade, although in deep shade its foliage may be less dense.

Over 400 cultivars of yews have been named, the vast majority of these being derived from Taxus baccata (European yew) or Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew).

A popular fastigiate selection of the European yew (Taxus baccata 'Fastigiata') is often called the Irish yew, which often complements the fact of the difficulties with common names.

A main feature of the region is the lack of conifers; only relics of coniferous species are present, which include European yew (Taxus baccata), Junipers (Juniperus spp.)

The precursors of chemotherapy drug Paclitaxel can be derived from the leaves of European yew, which is a more renewable source than the bark of the Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia).

The oldest known European Yew is the Llangernyw Yew in the Churchyard of Llangernyw village in North Wales which is estimated to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old.

Due to scarcity of paclitaxel, extensive research was carried out leading to the formulation of docetaxel - an esterified product of 10-deacetyl baccatin III, which is extracted from the renewable and readily available European yew tree.

The commercial semisynthesis (by Bristol-Myers Squibb) of paclitaxel starting from 10-deacetylbaccatin III (isolated from the European yew) is based on tail addition of the so-called Ojima lactam to its free hydroxyl group:

The most popular of these are the Irish yew (T. baccata 'Fastigiata'), a fastigiate cultivar of the European yew selected from two trees found growing in Ireland, and the several cultivars with yellow leaves, collectively known as "golden yew".

In the photographs of a European yew (Taxus baccata) below, the aril starts out as a small, green band at the base of the seed, then turns brown to red as it enlarges and surrounds the seed, eventually becoming fleshy and scarlet in color at maturity.