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First Look: Han Kengai Yew Project
I collected this Yamadori Yew in 2011, the tree was very slow to establish in the first couple of years, this is due to the cambium layer being very thin because the hard growing conditions that the...
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Planting a Yamadori Yew on a rock
This amazing windswept tree belongs to my best mate in Bonsai Terry Foster. It has been planted on a rock for a number of years but Terry was never happy with the composition. Terry has access to some...
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The BIG Scots Pine
This amazing Scots pine was collected two seasons ago, next year the tree will be strong enough to start preparatory work, I cannot wait to get my hands on this beauty.
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Han Kengai Yew second wiring and deadwood
I have been working this tree for 5 years, collected in 2011 its hard to imagine that this is the same tree. This is a photo when the tree was first potted up. the tree has been turned 180 degrees....
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Yew Bonsai Foliage mass development 3 Videos
Yew are one of the best species for creating bonsai, they have beautiful hard deadwood, lush evergreen foliage and beautiful red live veins. In these three videos I explains how he builds branch...
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Improving the success rate of Yamadori
I have been using this technique now for over ten years and I have finally decided to share what I have learned. The technique is known as ‘sweating’ and is used extensively in arboretorial circles. I...
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Pine and Yew Yamadori for sale December 2015
All trees have been collected longer than 2 years, all are well rooted and in a soil mixture of Pumice, Akadama and alpine grit. I recommend that any newly purchased yamadori must never be worked in...
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Hawthorns and Blackthorns for sale Dec 15
All trees have been collected longer than 2 years, all are bare rooted and in a soil mixture of Pumice, Akadama and alpine grit. Most have been second potted, I recommend that any newly purchased...
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First Styling of the BIG Yew including Time Lapse Video
This is the first styling of the BIG Yew Bonsai, I have waited three years since the tree was potted into this pot, it was VERY healthy so now perfect for the work involved. There are no short cuts...
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Amazing growth on an ancient Yamadori yew
Good aftercare, considered channeling of energy to the areas that I wanted rapid growth and my Tibolar-RS feeding regime has produced this amazing growth on an ancient Yamadori yew that I call George…...
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Tall yew is filling out
I am happy with this tall yews development, the foliage is filling out well, the lower right hand branch needs a few years to fill out but its worth the wait. I have purchased a lovely Japanese...
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First Look: Han Kengai Yew Project
I collected this Yamadori Yew in 2011, the tree was very slow to establish in the first couple of years, this is due to the cambium layer being very thin because the hard growing conditions that the...
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Potting an old Yamadori Yew to encourage growth
This is a very old Yew collected in 2010, it is a tree that I visited on the hill many times before the tree was collected, and one that I took students to as an example of a ‘real’ yamadori in the...
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From Reality to Virtual in 20 seconds
How I see the BIG yew developing over the next 15 years
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The BIG Deadwood Yew
Earlier this week I took a friend from Italy Andrea Meriggioli to some of my special places where the most amazing trees grow. He was surprised that these incredible trees were in the UK. Especially...
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Juniperus Communis four years from collecting update
I collected this Juniperus Communis in 2008 from a granite cliff, the rocks were split and I was able to collect 99% of the root that was growing in the duff between the cracks. I learnt from Peter...
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Progressive styling on the Tall Yew
Today I did the progressive styling on the Tall Yew. The tree is now well established in the pot and has a strong root system that’s developing sturdy branches and a lot of foliage. With the help of a...
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Amazing Yamadori Yew that will NEVER be collected Video
Over the last 25 years I have collected many amazing Yamadori, in all that time I have NEVER discovered a tree quite like this Taxus Bacatta that was growing half way down a limestone cliff. The...
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First Potting of the BIG Yew into a training pot + Video
Three years is a long time to find out if your collected tree has made enough root in the right place to enable you to pot the tree into a training pot. I had reached the stage where the BIG yew was...
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Is Yamadori too expensive?
Earlier this month I was hanging on a rope over an 80 meter drop digging out this Yew. That was after a drive of 5 hours, a four mile walk into the hills and a very hard climb. The rain was lashing...
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