Newbie Yew Styling

[mgonz121]

I bought these two Yews from my local nursery. There were 75% off , so I paid about $15 for each. I was going to buy only one, but for the price it made sense to get two since I am probably going to kill at least one while I am learning.
The two pictures below are from the first one

The next two pictures are from the second yew


I started styling the first one and this is how it looks so far.

I will post pictures of both once I am done with the styling that I will do this year

I plan to plant them in the ground instead of putting them in pots since they have to survive the winter in Chicago. Since I am relatively new to bonsai and never had a yew before, do you think this is a good idea or it would be ok to put them in a large pot??
Any feedback/advice would be appreciated

 

[HamburgerTrain]

Nice score!
http://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Taxus.html

Developing Taxus bonsai - Growing Bonsai

Taxus is one of the best species for bonsai. It is however a species with a few special tricks. So how to start on a yew bonsai?

www.growingbonsai.net

I'm a newbie too so no helpful advice. Don't go hacking off any dead branches as you may need them for deadwood features later. I bought my first yew last fall. I want to get a couple more now, very cool trees steeped in mythology.

 

[mgonz121]

Nice score!
http://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Taxus.html

Developing Taxus bonsai - Growing Bonsai

Taxus is one of the best species for bonsai. It is however a species with a few special tricks. So how to start on a yew bonsai?

www.growingbonsai.net

I'm a newbie too so no helpful advice. Don't go hacking off any dead branches as you may need them for deadwood features later. I bought my first yew last fall. I want to get a couple more now, very cool trees steeped in mythology.

Thanks for the link. I will look into it. You are right about deadwood features, the one yew that I chopped had a deadwood already, so I will keep it.