Western Yew Bonsai

An evergreen fern which is very abundant in our northwest forests.

Western yew bonsai. Yews grow quite slowly produce very hard wood which is good for deadwood sculpting and can become several hundred or even a thousand years old. Taxus baccata bonsai by bonsai empire. Taxus bonsai demo by václav novák by bonsai empire new 03 02 2019. Taiga urushibata bonsai demo at the wbc by bonsai empire new 05 09 2017.

The yew tree has become one of my favourite species of bonsai to work upon. In winter your chinese yew can be grown indoors in a well lit position where temperatures range between 61 and 68 f. Yew bonsai techniques part 1 part 2 part 3 by. Short stalked finely toothed flat 5 20 mm long irregularly spare cones.

Profile of yew bonsai. The pacific yew is native to the pacific coast of north america as the name implies. Occasionally grows up to 83 34 m 273 42 ft. The more sunlight and warmth your bonsai receives the more often it will need water.

Up to 2 7 m 9 ft. Perennials achillea millefolium yarrow. A perennial aromatic herb growing to 4 38 in. Taxus baccata is a conifer native to western central and southern europe northwest africa northern iran and southwest asia.

The twigs are green. The ugly tree becomes beautiful bonsai by graham potter. This is mainly due to the ease of styling and the dramatic contrast between the lush green of the foliage and the beautiful reddish bark that they purvey. It is the tree originally known as yew though with other related trees becoming known it may now be known as common yew english yew or european yew.

One bony seed is visible through the hole in the end of each aril. Instead of a woody cone female yew trees produce a bright red berry like gelatinous cup called an aril. The pacific yew taxus brevifolia and the smaller canadian yew taxus canadensis are also well suited for bonsai. 50 to 70 m 165 to 230 ft.

More bonsai die due to improper watering than any other cause. Western hemlock spruce pacific hemlock coast hemlock west coast hemlock. Podocarpus likes slightly moist soil with adequate drainage. If you are lucky enough to find a mature yew the bark is very shaggy looking with red to purplish shredded scales.

Like the other yews it is long lived and. Taxus cuspidata by mauro stemberger new 01 30 2020. Greenish to reddish purple.