English Yew Tree Bonsai
This is an english yew it s in a lovely pot and we can see the customer has made some attempt at carving.
English yew tree bonsai. These traditional garden trees have only recently caught the imagination of bonsai enthusiasts. This is the bonsai you will receive. Yew as a bonsai they make excellent bonsai as they are easy to carve have all year round interest with the dark green foliage and respond well to pruning. Yew taxus taxaceae care guide for the yew bonsai tree taxus the yew is an evergreen dioecious shrub or tree with dark green needle shaped foliage.
The yew taxus is an ancient tree species that has survived since before the ice age and as such as been revered and used by humankind throughout the ages. Yew are one of the best species for creating bonsai they have beautiful hard deadwood lush evergreen foliage and beautiful red live veins. Both trees can bare fruit with a red aril. They can be created from the superfluous branches.
They are suitable for most styles but particularly for bonsai where there is lots of driftwood. My experience with this english yew taxus baccata illustrates the point perfectly. In these three videos tony tickle explains how he. In recent years english yew have become popular as bonsai.
From what i can see he s been trying to make it into a semi cascade tree. The two main species of yew commonly used for bonsai are. Taxus cuspidata japanese yew dark green leaves with light green undersides. Every year our local bonsai club organises a collecting trip to plantation woodland not far from my home.
Shaping a yew bonsai running a bonsai nursery has it s advantages because i often get trees that have been grown by customers for many years. It is very popular with dark green needles and is reknowned as being the sacred tree of transformation and rebirth. Spring 1995 found me my wife and dog enjoying a sunday morning walk in the sunshine spade in hand.