Yew is an english native and forms superb dense hedges from 1m to 3m or more providing excellent screening almost total shelter from wind and weather and excellent privacy an evergreen conifer that is easy to manage it grows at 20 30cm a year quicker than many people think it responds well to frequent trimming yet can be cut just once a year in late summer too potted plants can be planted any time of the year at 4 plants per linear metre of hedge do not trim for 2 years after plant