Big yew (taxus)

Small is beautiful, but big isn't that bad either: I spent the last of the money I had planned to invest on bonsai this year on this yamadori from Marc Noelanders.
The nebari (the base) is fantastic I think. I don't want to kill that one!!!





We'll see next year for styling.

Hi AlainK
Wow! some scope you have there the roots are there the rest will follow. Spot on material what i would pick.

James

Nice looking Yew, was this a garden plant originally? You will have to keep us post with pics.

Absolutely gorgeous, Alain, thanks for sharing it.

Wow!!!! Really great material. Enjoy it!!

Alain,
Do you have an update on the progress of this Yew? I am curious as to your training regimen.

Thanks,
David

Hi,

The tree was bought from Marc Noelanders through my club : we bought about a dozen, then we drew numbers, I was lucky, mine was the one I would have chosen

This is how it looks today. Still a lot to do, especially with the dead wood, but it lacks a branch at the back to give some perspective, so I'm feeding it for now, and will work on it again next year and put it in a new pot more adapted to the final project :

Good work, I like the taxus.
Greetings

It is coming along quite nicely. Thanks for the update!

Thanks for your input.

I've repotted it since, and I'm waiting for it to feel at ease in this new pot to lift the branch on the left a bit (the pot was the right size, and about the shape I had in mind, but I will buy a "decent one" if in time it deserves it).

This is my vision of this yew in the nearly future

AdamJonas wrote:This is my vision of this yew in the nearly future

I like it like that, too.

Actually, so do I

I hadn't thought of that option, but it does look very good.

I'll have to check tomorrow with the tree "in real life" to see if it can take that direction, but thanks, this is a very welcome suggestion.

A VERY NICE TREE!! You have done a lot of work with this one in just a short time.. it is looking good..good work take care john

Hi Alain

I think yew grows very interesting. Good job.

Pavel

Thank you everyone for your encouragements.

I don't have much merit though, the world of bonsaï is often unfair: even a pissed artist like me can expect good results with such a good material from the start. I'm much more admirative of what some of you can do with improbable yamadori that they can turn into masterpieces.

But thanks, it helps me to carry on after a period of doubts