where are you ....any experience in growing cutting.. do you have a greenhouse ... give us some info .... we can work with ....

the word you want is PROPAGATION ..... its easier to start you with other sources [why rewrite the book] .. and then use us ..... so your link is:

https://www.google.com/search?q=PROPAGATION&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=PROPAGATION+of+Taxus+hicksii

since you will be propagating small pieces.. i cant believe you cant find small already rooted plants ..... maybe someone here who knows such sources ...

any particular reason that specific plant is your choice .... if not .. you might have other yew alternatives from mail order ...

this link is a seller of smaller plants.. couple bucks a piece ... but they list no yews ... so why are you fixated on them .. other than you have one to take cuttings from .. lol ... note the link for PLANT BY USE

https://www.musserforests.com/

always think outside your box ... unless learning to propagate is the real goal ... then go for it ....

ken

I am living in Montreal, Canada (zone 5-6)

I do not have a greenhouse, but am growing quite a few plants under grow lights.

I chose this yew since most people quote it as one of the best hedge yews. Also as an added bonus, the red berries are nice and the fact that it's an evergreen.

The propagation was a learning experience amongst other things.

I am trying to judge the feasibility of this plan.

Love this one - great for your purpose.

I estimated 30 since the store lists their yews with a max width of 1.5 feet.

Great news that their's 3x wider.

I have propagated several varieties of yews from cuttings. As Gardengal says, they are not fast. Also air layering an upright grower might be difficult..

Mike

Air layering by bending a branch in the ground might be hard. However I saw some tutorials about making a moss ball, that you cover with plastic and eventually it might root.

Very slow growing. I'd buy them, even if you go to home depot and get the teeny tiny pots at less than 10 bucks each.

I'm having a hard time with the idea that something that grow a foot a year as an established plant is slow growing. They may take a while to get going from babies. I've never grown them that way. However, once they get going there is nothing slow about them.