Sep 3, 2018 · None of my references indicate that yew will sprout from the roots, known as suckering. (In my personal experience I have never seen it sucker, either). Cutting it below the soil level should be fine. Having the stump ground would be one way to remove the major portion of it. Cutting the roots and then digging up the stump is another way to ...

Nov 5, 2020 · Hello. Your Japanese maple is beautiful! If you can, leave the yew roots/stump as is. There is just no way of knowing whether the tree will be damaged. Any injuries to the maple are possible entry points for disease or insects that could cause stress to the maple.

Jul 18, 2023 · However, if there has been recent digging in the area, roots could have been cut and if you added soil over the roots (especially over 2" deep), you could have decreased the oxygen available to the roots. Winter damage can cause browning of branches.

May 27, 2021 · The bark of roots may be decayed. Research has determined that Yews do not tolerate soil that is very acid (pH 4.7 to 5.4), and this causes the environmental illness. You can correct more alkaline soil by sprinkling ground limestone on the soil over the shrub's root system to "sweeten" the soil and increase the pH to about 6.5.

Aug 9, 2014 · Mock orange, Philadelphus lewisii, (fibrous roots that have a minimum depth of 6”). I planted Anthony waterer spirea, 3-4'T x 4-5' W, in a 5’ area between the base of the 4’ retaining wall and a concrete patio pad. I am considering moving them.

Aug 19, 2024 · Japanese Plum Yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia) -- related to, but more wet-tolerant than, "regular" Yews; evergreen; some cultivars ('Hedgehog', for example) stay short enough, and a couple withing that group, like 'Gold Dragon', are even yellow-accented, though they can be harder to find; while it shouldn't be sheared, it can be lightly trimmed ...

Plant roots of a mature tree or shrub can be located farther than the drip line of the shrub. Roots hunt for the best food source, and the old stump may have been attractive to the yew roots. Here is a link to a Missouri Botanical Garden article "Yew Problems" that may help.

Mar 22, 2025 · Pruning an overgrown yew shrub #895142 Asked March 22, 2025, 12:31 PM EDT I have some old, overgrown but healthy, yew shrubs in front of my house on the north side and I want to prune them at the best time and in the best way.

Aug 23, 2019 · Hello, Yew is a random branching shrub with many dormant growing buds. It responds well to being cut back hard. Unlike other evergreen plants, if you sheer into the dead zone of brown wood in a yew, it will green up again. If you cut deep into that zone, it may take a couple of years to green up.

Aug 31, 2014 · My yellow crooked neck squash were healthy and flowering like crazy. Then some leaves developed grayish ashen looking spots and died. Next, the roots turned a mushy wet yellow at the soil line. What killed my beauties?