The Yew Tree-Taxus baccata

I took this picture of the yew tree in our garden,this morning as you can see from the blue sky its been a lovely day.Our tree must be a , female tree as it says "only one seed is formed from each female flower. The fruit grow on the female trees through the summer and single hard seed is partly embedded in a pulpy bright red berry show up from early September.

[bruni]

Oh so beautiful..love the color. now when you say female tree...does that mean there is also a male tree...and stupid question..does it have flowers???

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Nice red and green, it has a summer feel to it your picture. I like the angle.

[Constance Brinkley]

Love this photo. The color is so beautiful. I did not realize the leaves and nut were so toxic, good thing the birds only eat the red pulp berry. Nice photo.

[Henriette Sparkes]

Beautiful capture! Never seen one of these.

[Helen Moss]

very pretty - we have one of these on the drive and it must be a girl too, as it has berries just like this -

[Julie Ryan]

This looks like a shrub in my yard, has the same berries. Maybe it's the same thing, just ours is trimmed into a bush? Pretty picture.

[Peggy Scroggins]

Diana, you must really have a beautiful garden. Great shot.

[Jane Terry]

Very pretty, they're really bright and look good against that blue sky!

[FaerieMoon]

What a gorgeous tree--those berries are really interesting. Are they edible?

[Rick Schies]

A beautiful flower, love the color, and the centers are neat.

[Margaret Tryon]

Great photo and colors.

[cglist]

What beautiful colors!

[rieva]

love the red & the green:). nice pic Diana:)!

[Stephen Smiley]

Beautiful photo

[Karen Hurd (hwy61)]

Such a bright cheery tree!

[Pauline Smith]

Beautiful shot Diana. They look like little lanterns.

[Barbara Eder]

Beautiful photo, wonderful colours.

[Dennis Natividad]

beautiful shot! wonderful color!

[karen ball]

I can't believe that's even in Britain.

I've just seen your comment on my latest photo. Diana, you win the award for most groan-worthy joke! (I love a groan-worthy joke.)

[Sarah-Jane]

love all the colours here Diana, beautiful!!

[Vanya]

I find it really hard to take berry photos and yours has come out beautifully. I love the colours and the light here. Lesley Haskell my mother-in-law (another 365er) from Wales says that because of the amount of berries we are getting on our bushes it indicates a very bad winter this year.

[Lois P]

What a beautiful tree - love the berries.
The light is lovely.

[bonnie lee wilson]

I love the colors of these berries. I don't think I have ever seen anything like this before. Thanks for sharing.

[Anneli Salo]

I would not eat those berries. I remember one detective novel there they murdered people this this plant. On the other hand I read somewhere that all parts but the berry are highly poisonous.The seed is also poisonous. Beautiful shot this is anyway.