Yew out of storage and cleaned up

[october]

Update on page 2

When I bought this Yew from Home Depot about 5-6 years ago, I knew it had potential. Little did I know how much. Here is the little guy fresh out of winter storage and right to the scissors. The light started to go on me so I had to take the after pics outside with a flash. Yew by moon light.


Rob

Before


After






A pic on a cloudy day.

 

[small trees]

Very nice indeed. Makes me want to go nursery-hopping again. Good work bringing it to where it is now! Do you have any early pictures of it?

 

[jkd2572]

Wow nice work. I have been looking for a nursery yew lately. I have never been able to find anything to date. Again very nice.

 

[october]

Hi Georgia, I document all my tree's progressions. Here was the tree as purchased. I cut off everything above the blue line, about 50%-60%. Then, it was put in a grow pot. In the second pic, everything above the blue line grew in about 5 years. Essentially, I regrew the top 1/3 to 1/2 of tree. Almost treating it like you would a maple. I chopped it hard to start and monitored the growth each year. I would let it grow wild and then cut it back pretty hard almost every year.

Rob

As purchased


From start to now, 5-6 years later.

 

[Vin]

Very nice indeed! I bought one the other day to start with. Any tips on leaf/needle reduction?

 

[Smoke]

Nice feel, they don't get any more classical than this.

 

[october]

Very nice indeed! I bought one the other day to start with. Any tips on leaf/needle reduction?

Thanks Vin. If you look at my reply in post 4 above, I showed a little bit of the work. If you would like to see more of the progression, this is the old thread for it. After you click on it, just scroll down and there are some progression pics.

Yews back bud from almost anywhere and the growth is not fussy. It will almost always grow back. If you cut a branch off, the tree will usually set buds around the cut to replace the branch. Also, these trees grow very fast. You can have a new branch from a bud or branchlet in about 2 seasons.

http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?10639-Yew-from-Home-Depot

Rob

 

[october]

Nice feel, they don't get any more classical than this.

Thank you very much Smoke. It was repotted into this pot last year. However, I think this tree deserves a better pot in the future.

Rob

 

[october]

Wow nice work. I have been looking for a nursery yew lately. I have never been able to find anything to date. Again very nice.

Yes, this was a real find. In the last 5 years, I haven't found another one at any Home Depot or Lowe's that has the potential that this one has. However, that doesn't mean that I will give up looking.

Rob

 

[QuintinBonsai]

It's amazing when yew can find a shrub at a garden center, and turn it into a work of art.

 

[discusmike]

Very cool tree as usual

 

[Vin]

You mentioned you cut it back hard every year. Is the window of opportunity closed to cut one back pretty hard this year? Thanks.

 

[october]

You mentioned you cut it back hard every year. Is the window of opportunity closed to cut one back pretty hard this year? Thanks.

It might depend where you are. Your profile says Florida. However, even in Florida, it might not be too late. I prefer to do it right around the time the tree starts pushing new growth. However, even if it has started to push the growth and it has extended, it will probably be ok. One thing you would probably would not want to do is cut back hard after around mid summer and not in Fall. Anytime in Spring should be fine.

Rob

 

[Vin]

It might depend where you are. Yor profile says Florida. However, even in Florida, it might not be too late. I prefer to do it right around the time the tree starts pushing new growth. However, even if it has started to push the growth and it has extended, it will probably be ok. One thing you would proably would not want to do is cut back hard after around mid summer and not in Fall. Anytime in Spring should be fine.

Rob

It is currently pushing new growth. So, if I understand your reply correctly it should be okay to cut back.

 

[october]

It is currently pushing new growth. So, if I understand your reply correctly it should be okay to cut back.

Well, I would probably need to see good pictures of the tree and you would need to show me just how much you are intending to cut off. Health, size and climate are all factors. Although with trees, there are no guarantees on things. However, it should be fine to cut back now.

Rob

 

[Vin]

Photos of Mine

I nipped two small branches off so you could see the trunk. Actually there are two of them which I will separate when I repot next year.

 

[october]

I am not sure where you are planing to cut back. This tree is still a bit young. I would work on estabishing your trunk line. Maybe cut off the second trunk on the right and clean up the tree by removing some of the growth/small branches eminating around the base. Also, removing branches that definitely are not needed.

Rob

 

[Vin]

I am not sure where you are planing to cut back. This tree is still a bit young. I would work on estabishing your trunk line. Maybe cut off the second trunk on the right and clean up the tree by removing some of the growth/small branches eminating around the base. Also, removing branches that definitely are not needed.

Rob

That's all I'm basically talking about at this point. I just want to clean it up a little (like cut off the second trunk) and expose the trunk line. Also I want to reposition the trunk angle just bit if possible and maybe wire it while it's still young. I just don't want to set the tree back before I repot it into a grow box next year. Thanks for the insight.

 

[Lazylightningny]

Wonderful progression. thanks for posting so we can all learn from you.

 

[october]

Update. After the first pinching of the season. Still a mess. lol

Rob