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I collected a 3' high landscape taxus in the fall of 2005. The landscape crew that was grubbing out the plants pulled it out of the ground with a bobcat. I wanted to dig it up with a spade, but they did not want me messing around the work site. I put it in an oversized container with potting soil and hoped for the best. Some needle dieback has occurred but there is still what appears to be healthy foliage throughout the plant. The troubling thing is that the plant did not put out new growth this season. I suspect that this may spell the end for the tree, but was wondering if anyone here has gone through this ordeal. A guy from my club said that collected taxus can take up to two years to ultimately die. It did put out a modest flush of new growth last year, so I started to hope that things would be ok. However, we in Ohio just had a brutal winter and then a hard spring freeze. Maybe that was just too much.
This has been especially diffucult to go through because this tree definitely could have been 'the one.'
Please share your applicable anecdotes or comments.

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