Here are a few photos of a little while ago. Getting dark outside so didn’t want to wait until it was more readied.
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The one Euro is there for sense of scale)
It was a
LOT more work than I had presumed for… But I think I can feel a really worthy potential sadly unprovoked for some time waiting there.
One BIG problem that gets me worried is the manner the wood is softer than I am accustomed to. I must admit that this is the first mature Yew that I have ever worked on… but it does not feel right.
The branches were too obedient and most parts very easy to carve out.
For the rest it was more a matter of removing what was a dead branch and what was not until something came out.
Instead of removing many thinner branches I prepared them to fuse into the large branch as would in many mature yews. You can see a dear few of them worked on… and yet a lot more to go.
I am in great doubts to wire it due to the softness I mentioned earlier. Up until now I have only cut branches or pinned them to another branch (
save from temp wraps while working on it). I plan firstly on finishing a clean up and leaving it to rest for some time. See where shelter and feeding gets it.
I have removed the apex and set it in a propagation container (
I always tend to… not always with success… But it is always worth a try). So now it measures to 60 cm high above he soil.
Its trunk is somewhat flat/oblong and measures 42mm to 68mm at it’s thickest.
Really not too sure of the “
front” yet.
The reason it was planted such was my not wanting to do any modification to the roots and planting it how it best fit in the pot. But I think that I like what seems to be it’s front at the moment… only a little bit more rotated to provoke depth.
Will update;
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