New Yew front. Hollow or no hollow

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So I posted this yew before Here. I was digging around and looking for better Nebari. It has a really thick root up high on the right that goes towards the back and a lower “mound” root on the left. My dilemma is, i fell in love with this tree for the Hollow but the Nebari is not as good that way.

I turned the tree and said “whoa” awesome Nebari. If i use that new front, it’ll need a restyle. Granted it hasn’t been styled yet, just some branch selections.

So, hollow for front, or Nebari? Help
 

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I say restyle with back as new front. Also, I'd want to try and push the foliage closer to the trunk as, at least from what the pictures show, your branches are too long. This can be done fairly easily with yews that are strong and growing well.
 

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I say restyle with back as new front. Also, I'd want to try and push the foliage closer to the trunk as, at least from what the pictures show, your branches are too long. This can be done fairly easily with yews that are strong and growing well.
I second this ^
 

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Use the side with the better roots.
 

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Nebari is not everything. That hole adds way more interest to the tree than a slightly wider base.
Maybe you could possibly angle it a bit to get more of both?
 
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I decided to go back to the Uro as the front for this Yew. The nebari may not be that absolute best from this side but the special feature and line do it for me from this side. It's a bummer though because I took off an important back branch when I had the back as the new front for a while. I learned to not make hasty decisions, that's for sure. Hopefully it buds back like Yews do.

Now I just am going to let it grow to promote back budding and start bringing the design closer to the trunk. it's too leggy. I like this tree in the rain.
 

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