Haha.. good catch! I could (would have loved to) spend a whole other day doing detail work and tying out branches into better positions, but the owner set the budget so I did the best I could with the time.
Beautiful work! My parents have a monster juniper, maybe? that is super overgrown, and I think the only hope for making it look decent is some type of cloud pruning...this looks great!
The house that I grew up in had 8 massive 100+ year old yews. As a little girl, I would play INSIDE them along with a 100+ year old Arborvitae. They were "hollow" inside and made great houses!
I have heard of “ancient Yew trees“ in the UK like what you describe. I watched a video about them. Would be really cool to visit them one day. Really amazing! For sure they would make a cool fort for a kid to play in.. I know I would haves done exactly as you if I had one as a kid. 🙂
@@MujoNatureArt I live in the US. I grew up in Massachusetts. When my parents sold the house, back in the 80s, the new owners cut down so many of the trees on the property, including a Purple Beech tree that had a diameter of 5 feet! That tree was my best friend when I was little. When I wasn't playing in the shrubs, I was in the top of the Beech!
Sad they cut down such a wonderful friend. Such is life I suppose… always changing.. always new. Your comment reminds me of a t-Shirt I want to make quoting Bob Ross, “There is nothing wrong with having a tree for a friend.“
It’s subjective but my thoughts would be to remove those 2 lower branches, to me they do nothing for the formation of the tree, but nice video. I love working on Taxus Bacatta & Taxus Cuspidata, do you feed the tree after trimming?
Thanks for the comment and suggestion. The lower branches you would remove.. are they the branches which are sticking out of the right side of the thumbnail photo? After the cut I did not feed the tree. This garden is new to me and is being regularly maintained by a crew who handles feeding and spraying. I am not sure what has been done with this tree so I only performed the initial styling. My plan is to throw out an organic feed around beginning of November to hopefully set up the soil for a strong spring push. What are your thoughts? Should I have feed? Why? Insights are much welcomed. 🙂
Hi thanks for replying. Yes I would remove those lower branches that are on the right so it exposes the main trunk that has some nice natural movement. I feed osmocote slow release fertiliser (one feed before the growing season should boost the trees vigour for the season) & once a month a liquid phostrogen. To be fair the tree looks in good health & yews are hardy trees that can take a hard pruning. It will be interesting to see the development over the years remember you can always “pull branches” down to make the pads lateral by rope to either the trunk or by stakes in the ground. Good luck friend👍
@@4cds14 Thanks so much for the suggestions! Much appreciated. I don’t know if I can get those brands of feed over here (I am in Switzerland) but I will read about them and see if we have something comparable. After reading your comment I talked with a very experienced guy I work with (he is our leading gardener) about feeding and also suggested late winter to begin. We use a liquid feed called “Worm Power” which is essentially concentrated worm compost tea. Perhaps this would be a good monthly supplement. I was in the garden where the tree is at last week and it seems to be doing well. New growth has shot up..not super crazy but what was more or less expected so I was quite pleased. Nothing dying off. We shall see how it develops. Usually I only work on smaller bonsai and this is my first dive into Niwaki so again I appreciate your suggestions. Thanks again! All the best. 🙂
@@MujoNatureArt Both phostrogen & osmocote are NPK based fertilisers (nitrogen, potassium & phosphorous) that will stimulate green growth from the nitrogen & promote a good root system. Osmocote granules will slowly over 6-9 months release feed to the tree while the phostrogen powder is water soluble & can be poured over foliage & around the tree which gives a quicker response. Basically you want the tree to stimulate lots of growth that you can trim into the pad formation. Remember a tree survives by the needles photo synthesising & creating energy so the more needles the healthier the tree.
Very good job!! A second life for this tree! So beautiful!!!👍
This is indeed a transformation 🤩 You’ve brought out an incredible gorgeous tree out of this bush 😍 Congratulations 👍🙋♀️ Cheers, Martina
Thanks so much Martina. I had a ton of fun doing it. Happy you like it!
8 hours seems suspiciously convenient
Great job
Haha.. good catch! I could (would have loved to) spend a whole other day doing detail work and tying out branches into better positions, but the owner set the budget so I did the best I could with the time.
WOW that is beautiful...just beautiful👍
Thanks a lot! Happy to hear. 🙂
Beautiful work! My parents have a monster juniper, maybe? that is super overgrown, and I think the only hope for making it look decent is some type of cloud pruning...this looks great!
I’m glad you like it. 🙂 You never know… Sometimes a beautiful elegant tree is hiding under a big overgrown bush.
Beautiful
The house that I grew up in had 8 massive 100+ year old yews. As a little girl, I would play INSIDE them along with a 100+ year old Arborvitae. They were "hollow" inside and made great houses!
I have heard of “ancient Yew trees“ in the UK like what you describe. I watched a video about them. Would be really cool to visit them one day. Really amazing!
For sure they would make a cool fort for a kid to play in.. I know I would haves done exactly as you if I had one as a kid. 🙂
@@MujoNatureArt I live in the US. I grew up in Massachusetts. When my parents sold the house, back in the 80s, the new owners cut down so many of the trees on the property, including a Purple Beech tree that had a diameter of 5 feet! That tree was my best friend when I was little. When I wasn't playing in the shrubs, I was in the top of the Beech!
Sad they cut down such a wonderful friend. Such is life I suppose… always changing.. always new. Your comment reminds me of a t-Shirt I want to make quoting Bob Ross, “There is nothing wrong with having a tree for a friend.“
@@MujoNatureArt BEST friend … !
That would be an awesome shirt.
Bagus master
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It’s subjective but my thoughts would be to remove those 2 lower branches, to me they do nothing for the formation of the tree, but nice video. I love working on Taxus Bacatta & Taxus Cuspidata, do you feed the tree after trimming?
Thanks for the comment and suggestion. The lower branches you would remove.. are they the branches which are sticking out of the right side of the thumbnail photo?
After the cut I did not feed the tree. This garden is new to me and is being regularly maintained by a crew who handles feeding and spraying. I am not sure what has been done with this tree so I only performed the initial styling.
My plan is to throw out an organic feed around beginning of November to hopefully set up the soil for a strong spring push.
What are your thoughts? Should I have feed? Why? Insights are much welcomed. 🙂
Hi thanks for replying.
Yes I would remove those lower branches that are on the right so it exposes the main trunk that has some nice natural movement.
I feed osmocote slow release fertiliser (one feed before the growing season should boost the trees vigour for the season) & once a month a liquid phostrogen. To be fair the tree looks in good health & yews are hardy trees that can take a hard pruning. It will be interesting to see the development over the years remember you can always “pull branches” down to make the pads lateral by rope to either the trunk or by stakes in the ground. Good luck friend👍
@@4cds14 Thanks so much for the suggestions! Much appreciated.
I don’t know if I can get those brands of feed over here (I am in Switzerland) but I will read about them and see if we have something comparable. After reading your comment I talked with a very experienced guy I work with (he is our leading gardener) about feeding and also suggested late winter to begin.
We use a liquid feed called “Worm Power” which is essentially concentrated worm compost tea. Perhaps this would be a good monthly supplement.
I was in the garden where the tree is at last week and it seems to be doing well. New growth has shot up..not super crazy but what was more or less expected so I was quite pleased. Nothing dying off.
We shall see how it develops. Usually I only work on smaller bonsai and this is my first dive into Niwaki so again I appreciate your suggestions. Thanks again! All the best. 🙂
@@MujoNatureArt Both phostrogen & osmocote are NPK based fertilisers (nitrogen, potassium & phosphorous) that will stimulate green growth from the nitrogen & promote a good root system. Osmocote granules will slowly over 6-9 months release feed to the tree while the phostrogen powder is water soluble & can be poured over foliage & around the tree which gives a quicker response. Basically you want the tree to stimulate lots of growth that you can trim into the pad formation. Remember a tree survives by the needles photo synthesising & creating energy so the more needles the healthier the tree.
How do I make this my job 😆
Haha.. funny you say this. It’s my dream to just do this all the time as well! One at a time I suppose.
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