Torreya sp. "Spread Eagle" Fred Heutte in shade or half shade

in shade or half shade

Bees and hummingbirds come to the tubular flowers

The flowers are the reason to grow this shrub

though the cascading habit and aristocratic bearing recall one

or a tree trunk

Torreya sp. "Spread Eagle" Fred Heutte in shade or half shadeThis wide spreading evergreen conifer has aromatic, sharp, flat needle like leaves in one plane. This clone originated at Hillier's Nursery in England in 1970 and was named 'Spreadeagle' for it's low spreading growth habit. Hillier lists it as a clone of the California Torreya (Torreya californica) but we suspect that it is actually a form of the endangered T. taxifolia (which see) as it has much longer needles than would be expected on the California