Yew

Excellent hedging species, with dense evergreen crown, dark green-black needle-like foliage and red-brown bark andproduces red berry-like fruit with toxic seeds. It can be readily clipped and trained for formal hedging and for topiary. Yew tolerates urban sites, winds, root competition and even dense shade. Not suited for very acid soils or very sunny dry sites. Not as slow growing as people think!