Yew gone upside down

[leatherback]

So.. in the summer of 2011 as I started to really try to get into bonsai I bought something with an interesting rootspread:

It did not have much else going for it:

So a windswept bonsai it became; What else, right, as a bonsai starter enthousiastic..


Forward to 2014, and it had become a cascade instead:


Yesterday it was time for cleaning, trimming, wiring again:
Before :


During:


Now time to let it fill out again, and get the pad in the middle & bottom to form:

 

[just.wing.it]

Cool! Nice.

 

[AlainK]

This looks more like a cascade to me than a windswept. The wind must have been very strong in N. Germany

Both styles are pleasant to make, but difficult to shape as a good (?????) bonsaï.

 

[leatherback]

This looks more like a cascade to me than a windswept.

yup, as sad..

Forward to 2014, and it had become a cascade instead

 

[BE.REAL]

Cool! Nice.

I second that!!

 

[defra]

Cool you still have it around and improved it Nice!

 

[leatherback]

Getting somewhere?

 

[defra]

Love the berries

In this pic the part in the red circle looks rather straight

 

[leatherback]

Yup, now I see it too.

Thx for ruining my tree for me

 

[defra]

Yup, now I see it too.

Thx for ruining my tree for me

Nothing you can't fix
and still it could also be only visible in the angle this pic was taken from

 

[leatherback]

This year, no berries but pushing to get the lower pads to develop. I trimmed the top stronglu in spring, and let the bottom grow to gain strength. Slowly it seems to bring something:

 

[HorseloverFat]

This year, no berries but pushing to get the lower pads to develop. I trimmed the top stronglu in spring, and let the bottom grow to gain strength. Slowly it seems to bring something:

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Nicely done!

 

[AlainK]

Very "Chinese".

I mean I like it.

Not "realistic", but I like it a lot.

 

[Clicio]

As well as @AlainK, I like it a lot, including the pot.
Very nice progression, @leatherback .

 

[Japonicus]

This year, no berries

Just saw this thread linked from Mikes. Looks really good @leatherback
To retain fruits do not pinch out after Spring flowering. Do yew recall ever seeing flowers on it?

 

[leatherback]

Just saw this thread linked from Mikes. Looks really good @leatherback
To retain fruits do not pinch out after Spring flowering. Do yew recall ever seeing flowers on it?

Thx! Quite happy with how it is turning out too

Sometimes I see flowers. And indeed, when I trim I check where the fruits are forming. Main challenge is that I trim away the flowerbuds in fall I think. To be fair, never really looking into how and where flowers develop on yew.

 

[Hartinez]

two things. 1- I always love to see threads with multiple years of transition, especially when the initial image is of a very immature, basic tree. Your doing great things with it Jelle! 2 - I am surprised you have not sold this tree considering you sell so many!

 

[leatherback]

two things. 1- I always love to see threads with multiple years of transition, especially when the initial image is of a very immature, basic tree. Your doing great things with it Jelle! 2 - I am surprised you have not sold this tree considering you sell so many!

Well, thank you

haha, selling trees depends on a few things. Me being tired of watering it. The tree not responding as I want to. The species not fitting my ideas. The lack of space.

in this case, it is a small plant, of a species I like, which is still improving & teaching me things. So, I do not see this leaving my garden fast.
Female yew trees are a joy and here quite rare strangely enough. (Probably due to toxicity & attractiveness of the berries to young kids..). I have a range larger yews, all male, which would move before this one will, I suppose. This is one of only 2 female plants I have found, and the other was dug last year, still undecided as to survival chances.