Taxus Yamadori

[JudyB]

Pot-o-gold indeed!
I hope this one survives the collection, it's a beaut.
I see you must be from across the pond, where are you located? (you could put it in your profile so people don't ask all the time...) I wonder how harsh your winters are...
I love the compactness of this tree.

 

[Poink88]

This one has a lot more potential than the other one (as nice as it is also). Good job spotting it and good luck!

 

[Paulpash]

Are you using pure Kittydama too? Looks too orange to be akadama.

 

[Vance Wood]

Are you using pure Kittydama too? Looks too orange to be akadama.

It looks to me that he is using red volcanic gravel? At any rate if you look at the photos for some reason they have a distinct red hue to them and trying to accurately determine the color of the soil from these photos would, for me, be an impossibility.

 

[Lee Brindley]

Hi folks,
To answer your questions, I am from North West England (I've updated my profile) The first Taxus in this thread was the first and only I have collected before this one. I am very happy with how well it established in the box, so I have used the same technique and soil. Pure Sophisticat cat litter ("kittydama" as you say) With a few percent limestone chippings mixed in.

I hope to collect some more Taxus in the Spring.

 

[Paradox]

I wish someone would let be dig up stuff like that around here...

 

[JudyB]

What is this Root Grow that you are using?

 

[Lee Brindley]

What is this Root Grow that you are using?

http://www.rootgrow.co.uk/

 

[Si Nguyen]

.....Here is a short video by Erik Križovenský, one of the BURRS participants.
http://youtu.be/CisctJ4WRPM

Very cool video! Thanks for the Youtube link Lee! It is very nice to see people from around the world get together and do bonsai like that.
Si

 

[Lee Brindley]

Very cool video! Thanks for the Youtube link Lee! It is very nice to see people from around the world get together and do bonsai like that.
Si

Hi Si,
The official BURRS video by Tony has now been released too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYqCEtR9cKs
BURRS is a fantastic experience. I can't wait to attend again.

 

[Lee Brindley]

Update...

Virtual...

Update...

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Any ideas/comments welcome.
Thanks, Lee.

 

[Lee Brindley]

My friend John Ostranica is currently making some great imitation stone slabs and has made this one for me if I do choose to go down the windswept route with the first tree. It is just waiting to be fired this week.

Here is another yamadori Yew that I have recently acquired (collected by another friend, Simon Jones). This is a shohin sized tree that has got good potential for another windswept bonsai.