Taxus baccata 'Adpressa' is a broadly growing, female, shrub-form of English yew with irregular upright branching; and short, dark-green, stubby, ovate needles measuring 0.6 inch (15 mm) long, and 0.14 inch (3.5 mm) wide, held tightly against the stem. Berries (seed cones) are bright red and quite large. After 10 years of growth, a mature specimen will measure 48 to 60 inches (1.2 - 1.5 m) tall and wide, an annual growth rate of around 6 inches (15 cm).
This cultivar originated as a seedling selected in the late 1820s by E.F. Dickson Nursery, United Kingdom.
