Physic Garden: Taxus × media 'Hicksii'

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  1. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    I am trying to determine when this cultivar was introduced and where.
     
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  3. Ron B

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    Re: Taxus * media 'Hicksii'

    See Jacobson, NORTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE TREES (Ten Speed). If you do not have access to a copy, such as at a library, I can look it up for you later in the week (I am not at home).
     
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    Raised by Hick's Nursery, Westbury, NJ. The cultivar name was published by Rehder in 1923.

    Source: H Welch, World Checklist of Conifers
     
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    Jacobson says Hicks introduced it early 1900s.
     
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