| General Description | Taxus cuspidata ‘Monloo’ is an evergreen shrub with small dense needles. It is low growing and the branching is rigid and symmetrical. Overall, it has a dense compact appearance. |
| ID Characteristic | This low growing evergreen shrub has short dense needles that vary in colour from dark to light greens. |
| Shape | This evergreen shrub is dense and low growing with rigid symmetrical branching. |
| Landscape | This evergreen shrub can be used for a short dense hedge, group or mass plantings, or a specimen along a foundation. It also adds winter interest to the landscape. |
| Propagation | Taxus cuspidata ‘Monloo’ is propagated from cuttings and then rooted, it was originally found as a sport of Taxus cuspidata. Roberts LeBoutillier is the individual who propagated the sport.
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| Cultivation | Does well either in full sun or shaded areas with well drained soils. |
| Pests | Occasional twig blight and needle blight. Possibility of root rot in poorly drained soils and in more exposed sites it is susceptible to winter burn but that could be prevented by wrapping the plant with burlap before the winter season begins. |
| Notable Specimens | Whistling Gardens, Wilsonville, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | The bark is smooth and glabrous and the colour varies as it ages, young new growth is light green and the mature growth is brown to orange. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | The buds are oval shaped and brown in colour. |
| Leaf Description | The foliage is linear and flat on the cross section with a small acuminate soft tip. The size of the foliage is 10–16 mm long and 2–3 mm wide. On a mature plant the colour is a dark green and the upper surface is a slightly lighter green. |
| Flower Description | Dioecious, globose with short filaments. |
| Fruit Description | 'Monloo' produces small red berries that are 70 mm which add interest in the winter months. |
| Colour Description | Foliage varies in shades of green, the upper foliage is generally a lighter green and the lower foliage is a bit darker. The bark is brown to orange in colour. |
| Texture Description | ‘Monloo’ has 10 needles per centimeter, twice as many as the parent plant which gives this plant a fine leathery texture. |
