Fall contest yew

[defra]

Never made a thread for this one
Purchased for the fall contest 2016

When bought



After first styling for the contest



Today:


This tree is probably useless for bonsai?

I have no clue what to do with it
Onlything i like are the roots

Probably its going to be just standing a corner of the garden

If anyone has sugestions please let me know

 

[defra]

@M.Frary
Heres the yew i spoke off i your thread

 

[0soyoung]

I have no clue what to do with it
Onlything i like are the roots

So think about how you might arrange the stems and foliage to focus attention on the roots. I have no idea yet, but this is what I would do. Fiddle and look. See if I can find pix of other bonsai with canopies that are just boring as hell. Fiddle and look. You'll figure something out because this is why you bought it.

 

[sorce]

I'd ditch the rock and the small trunk and make it a literate.

Sorce

 

[Quince]

ditch the rock

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Yeah 100% ditch the rock. But wait until repotting time, it looks like it's doing a great job securing the tree right now.

First I'd do is let it grow reaaally strong and then cut back to the small branch on the right and the other trunk on the same height, wire it down so you get a lot of movement, and then plop it in the garden for a few years.

When it has grown fatter lift it out and make it an exposed root bonsai. That is, if there's enough of the now exposed roots still living by then.