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Old 05-07-2008, 03:41 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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A good fastigiate [upright] evergreen is the golden yew.


Which can live to - well, the common yew in Fortingall is, I believe,
over 3,000 years old and has a girth of more than the width of many a
small garden.

True, it is more like a fairy-ring of yews these days, but...

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