Taxus × media - hybrid yew, Wellesley yew
The Wellesley yew is a hybrid between the common or English yew (T. baccata) and the Japanese yew (T. cuspidata). The European yew is extremely popular in Europe but has shown itself less than completely hardy in North America. The hardier Japanese yew was discovered in the 1850s in the Far East and the hybrid was developed in the early 1900s by several nurseries in Massachusetts, USA.