Chinese Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine, San Jian Shan Cephalotaxus fortunei

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Botanical Name:

Cephalotaxus fortunei

Family:

Taxaceae

Genus:

Cephalotaxus

Species:

fortunei

Common Name:

Chinese Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine, San Jian Shan

Seeds Per Pound:

1,085

Quantity:

0.16 lb

Germination:

91%

Germination Test Type:

Cut (Full Seed)

Purity:

99%

Height:

60 feet

Collection Locale:

China

Crop Year:

2023

Minimum Hardiness Zone:

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In Stock: 0.16 lb

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Cephalotaxus fortunei

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Characteristics

Hedge Plant

Growing Info, follow in order:

Scarification: Soak in hot tap water, let stand in water for 24 hours.

Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days.

Germination: sow 1-2" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed.

Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered to artificial stratification. Seeds could take extended time to germinate, up to 18 months.

In a Nutshell:

* C. fortunei is a shrub or small tree growing to as high as 20 m with a diameter at breast height of about 20 cm. They are usually multi-stemmed with an open and loosely rounded crown.

* In cultivation they tend to grow on a single stem that is often leaning and bare towards the bottom, but with dense foliage on the upper half.

* Substances from the plant have shown anticancer activity. more...

* Bark dark red-brown, peeling in strips. more...

* Cephalotaxus fortunei, commonly called the Chinese Plum Yew, simply Plum Yew, Chinese Cowtail Pine or in Chinese as San Jian Shan (Chinese: ???, pinyin: s?nji?nsh?n), is a coniferous shrub or small tree in the plum yew family. It is native to northern Burma and China, but is sometimes grown in western gardens where it has been in cultivation since 1848. more...

Pfaf description:

Physical Characteristics Â Cephalotaxus fortunei is an evergreen Shrub growing to 6 m (19ft 8in) at a slow rate. It is hardy to zone 7 and is not frost tender. It is in leaf 12-Jan It is in flower from Apr to May, and the seeds ripen from Oct to November. The flowers are dioecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but only one sex is to be found on any one plant so both male and female plants must be grown if seed is required) and are pollinated by Wind.The plant is not self-fertile. The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils.The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils..It can grow in full shade (deep woodland) semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.It requires moist soil.

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