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OMC,
Indeed there is a lack of taper. When I found this tree it was about 3 x 3 meters and about the same hight as it is now. There were a lot of very long thick straight branches emerging horizontaly from the top which I cut off exept the one that I left to form a semi-cascade. You can see the stumps I left. These stumps will be carved into jin's. I will try to form the rest of the tree with the remaining branches. I've not decided if I will make a semi-cascade or the slanting tree in the second virtual, but at least for now I like the slanting design better.
Treebeard,
I have a subscription on Bonsai Europe. It's a great magazine that just keeps getting better all the time. I've read the Noelanders article, but I think his tree is different from this one because the trunk was thinner and much longer. Also the branch arrangement was not like my yew. I loved what he did with it though.
Al,
It grew like this. Maybe it could be planted upright, but I would have to bare root it to see the possibilities. I kind of like it this way though.. Here's a picture of the rootball. If it would have grown upright it would have cost me a lot more time to dig it out because I had to cut a VERY large tap root . It was on one side now so I could reach it. If it would have been upright it would have been on the underside. It cost me 3 hours as it is...
Rips,
You're absolutely right that it will take several sessions (=years) to get a more or less finished tree. That's no problem, but it's nice to fantasize about the end result...
gr. René
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