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Yew Bonsai Foliage mass development 3 Videos
Yew are one of the best species for creating bonsai, they have beautiful hard deadwood, lush evergreen foliage and beautiful red live veins. In these three videos I explains how he builds branch...
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Tall Yew Development August 2016
I have been developing this tall Yew over the last 10 years (There is an old photo on my Home page) and it looks like its finally coming together as I would like. The long bottom right branch is taking...
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Han Kengai Yew second wiring and deadwood
I have been working this tree for 5 years, collected in 2011 its hard to imagine that this is the same tree. This is a photo when the tree was first potted up. the tree has been turned 180 degrees....
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Pot choice for this semi cascade Taxus
Pot A is what the tree is currently planted in, a few friends who have visited the garden and seen the tree consider a pot change what do you think? Pot C and D are the same pot one side has the...
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Cascade Bonsai Cavalcade
I have more than my fair share of cascade and semi cascade bonsai, here is a selection of the smaller ones photographed today including Yew, Communis Juniper and Olive. They are all still in...
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First work on a Yamadori Yew ‘Pagoda’ style
Its always exciting when you tackle a piece of raw material for the first time, the element of discovery (and sometimes disappointment) seeing the image that you have in your head appear before your...
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First potting of a Han Kengai Yamadori Yew
This is the first potting of the Han Kengai Yamadori Yew. its still got some filling out of the foliage to do so I have potted the tree in an oversize pot to give the roots more run. At this stage, I...
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Further work on a Yamadori Yew ‘Pagoda’ style
This tree was collected over 5 years ago, this is a tall thin English Yew (Taxus Baccata), it has a shari that runs from top to base. Its never been re-potted out of this washing up bowl and it is now...
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The Fortingall Yew over 5000 years old
The Fortingall Yew, a heritage tree of international importance situated in the Highland Perthshire village of Fortingall, eight miles west of Aberfeldy in Scotland. On a VERY windy day in October, I...
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First Styling of the BIG Yew including Time Lapse Video
This is the first styling of the BIG Yew Bonsai, I have waited three years since the tree was potted into this pot, it was VERY healthy so now perfect for the work involved. There are no short cuts...
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