Taxus baccata 'Amersfoort'

A bizarre antler-like sport of the common Yew found in France and moved to the grounds of the Insane Asylum in Holland for which it is named. This is one crazy plant. Open strikingly architectural growth habit with a tight attention to line and form. Very unYew-like and more like some oddly dendritic Podocarpus. The first one I saw was at the Platt Garden in Portland and it was very appealing in a strangely handsome way and I remain intrigued to this day. I'm just now realizing why Sue sometimes calls me her "little Amersfoort" - it's because I'm strangely handsome as well and not because I teeter on the edge of reality - what a relief!