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21-Sep-2002
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Large Yew
Hi,
Maybe some of you will remember I posted some pics of a rather fat yew I dug up in the beginning of this year. It not only has survived the digging, but is thriving and has made numerous new shoots. I think it is ready to style next year, and I'm interested in your ideas about it. Side 1 : |
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21-Sep-2002
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And side two :
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21-Sep-2002
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And a closeup of the trunk. This is a heavy tree. I can just lift it on my own.
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21-Sep-2002
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I made this virtual :
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21-Sep-2002
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And a bonsaifriend made this one. I think this one is better than mine.
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21-Sep-2002
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Rene,
Looks like a great piece of material! Congratulations on a successful collecting job. With respect to the virtuals, the lack of taper in each is rather abrupt, especially given that there is little movement in the lower trunk. I might prefer a styling which either introduced some taper, or told some convincing story (a storm-torn apex, for example) of why that huge stump ended so suddenly. Best regards, Old Mister Crow
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21-Sep-2002
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Hey Rene,
looks like awesome material! I have no ideas that could do it justice, I wouldn't know where to start. But with you being in The Netherlands, you should be able to get Bonsai Europe magazine. In issue 57 there is an excellent article about a yew very similar to yours that was styled by Marc Noelanders. He basically introduced some taper by careful carving of the top of the trunk, and the result (after wiring, pruning etc) was a stunning tree, not much different to your friends' virtual. Regards,
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21-Sep-2002
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I notice that the tree in all the pics shows the tree at the slanted planting angle. Is there a reason for this? Will the tree rotate to a more upright position?
Bonsaial
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21-Sep-2002
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I really like the second virtual.
As the tree is so far from the virt, I would like to see some of the interum work that you will do in the spring. I don't think that this tree will finish with just one working. It is going to be fun to watch its progress. Glenn Van Winkle
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22-Sep-2002
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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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