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How I see the BIG yew developing over the next 15 years
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The Calligrapher, The Books and the reasoning
In 2008 Sandro Segneri one of the invited artists at this years Noelanders Trophy was in my garden. Sandor was working at the Burrs workshop and was taking time out. When he saw this Yew Sandro was...
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Creating a New Branch by splitting and repositioning on a Yew.
I have been developing this Tanuki over the last six years and the live is thickening up well although it has many years of growth before I would consider this a ‘convincing’ bonsai. The host tree is...
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Potting an old Yamadori Yew to encourage growth
This is a very old Yew collected in 2010, it is a tree that I visited on the hill many times before the tree was collected, and one that I took students to as an example of a ‘real’ yamadori in the...
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First Look: Han Kengai Yew Project
I collected this Yamadori Yew in 2011, the tree was very slow to establish in the first couple of years, this is due to the cambium layer being very thin because the hard growing conditions that the...
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Technique explained – Sandblasting a Yamadori Yew Bonsai
I sandblasted my first deadwood way back in 1992 and I guess I have blasted over 50 trees since then, I have perfected the technique of protecting the live veins, foliage and soil so that the...
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Splitting a Yew root to lower in the pot
In the early years of the wonderful Yew tree, 1999 to be exact! Yamadori rarely comes with a good root base and this tree was no exception. Imagine a catapult upside down; the roots went in two...
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Bending a twisty Yew to improve the trunk line
I have had this Yew for over 20 years and it has had major bending done on the lower part to bring the foliage closer to the trunk, this took 3 years to fully ‘set’ and stay in position. The tree was...
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Llangernyw Ancient Yew Tree one of the oldest trees in the world
This Yew tree lives in the churchyard of St. Dygain’s Church in Llangernyw village. We all know that is very hard to determine the age of yew trees, the churchyard gate holds a certificate from the Yew...
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Tall yew is filling out
I am happy with this tall yews development, the foliage is filling out well, the lower right hand branch needs a few years to fill out but its worth the wait. I have purchased a lovely Japanese...
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Amazing growth on an ancient Yamadori yew
Good aftercare, considered channeling of energy to the areas that I wanted rapid growth and my Tibolar-RS feeding regime has produced this amazing growth on an ancient Yamadori yew that I call George…...
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The Haunted Ancient Yew in Chipping
Today Carolyn and I visited an ancient Yew in the grounds of St Bartholomew’s Church, Chipping in The County Palatine Of Lancaster. The church was established at some time before 1230 and rebuilt in...
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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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Pine and Yew Yamadori for sale December 2015
All trees have been collected longer than 2 years, all are well rooted and in a soil mixture of Pumice, Akadama and alpine grit. I recommend that any newly purchased yamadori must never be worked in...
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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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