Yew Bonsai Progression

Japanese yew progression 7 months 2 weeks ago 54137 normally i develop my own material or go for garden centre stock but bought some bonsai material as love the trunk of this japanese yew.

Yew bonsai progression. New shoots are trimmed and old needles can be plucked in summer in order to let sufficient sunlight reach the inner parts of the tree and promote back budding and ramification. Take your time when deciding which is the front of the tree. Note that the pot is on the large side for a bonsai. It s almost like some trees find us and in time become an integral part of our lives.

My experience with this english yew taxus baccata illustrates the point perfectly. Developing a bonsai from raw material is typically a five year project at least. Yew are a dream conifer for bonsai great bark deadwood and attractive needles and their ability to backbud makes it easy to build branches. A great way to learn the basics of styling trees.

Deadwood is an important feature of mature yew bonsai. Every year our local bonsai. In august of 2001 the subject yew was spotted on the way home from work. During the summer period it is advisable to thin out the dense canopy of refined specimen trees to allow light into the basal branches.

Bonsai progressions with before and after photos bonsai empire. Just don t touch them much when you are growing them out for bonsai they don t thicken very fast at least here in the uk. If nothing else photos can help you see how much a tree has progressed. During my time working with bonsai i have noticed that some things come very easily whilst others are a constant battle.

In 2015 several shrubs were donated to acbs by a gentleman who was moving out of state. Yew trees can be pruned back into the old wood and will bud easily. Autumn and winter pruning is possible on this species but you must cut back to a secondary back shoot so the energy going up the stem will just be diverted into another growth tip. Repotting into a bonsai pot 2011 all this development work paid off and within a few years from the purchase date the tree was ready to be placed in its first bonsai pot by 2011.

8 years from collection to bonsai pot. The bonsai progressions all show before and after shots of bonsai trees being styled by experts. The tree has a very thick below ground trunk filling most of the pot. Most of its branches were already cut off and it was waiting to be removed to make way for new shrubs.

I mean to get a tree to the point where it starts to look presentable.