Multi-trunk Taxus

[leatherback]

Unwire, trim, thin, rewire.

There will be no carving

 

[leatherback]

Will take a few more years, but slowly some of the branches are being put in place. Fully wired again..

 

[leatherback]

pictures of this from directly above it looking down

 

[Rivka]

Yeah its funny for some reason when i first say the splaying you were doing, i thought it was placed mostly to move things forward and back, like sticking something between the tines in a fork to pry them out of a straight line. So the placement of branches in front of and behind didn't make since. Now I see it predominantly moves those outermost trunks out more, which makes way more sense

 

[leatherback]

predominantly

Only. The back and forth was there from the beginning, and the piece of wood slides between the trunks.

Now I understand the confusion

 

[Koenye]

How is the taxus doing after this growing season?

 

[leatherback]

last pictures are posted above, july this year.

 

[Mattytakama]

last pictures are posted above, july this year.

Hi Leatherback
I used your tree here as inspiration for three trees I got my hands on a few years ago. I had to do some serious root pruning but they have been recovering from that and the branch work.
Just wondering if you have some updated pics on how yours looks now in 2024?
Cheers

 

[leatherback]

Hm.. Must have some somewhere. Need to look for them.
It is a bit weak this year. I did massive rootwork on it this spring, as the substrate was still partially the original soil. ..

 

[circledisk]

This has a very nice design. I just collected a pretty old taxus with 3 very thick trunks that I'm going to let recover through the spring and start shaping. I left the trunks really long and want to do a bunch of carving eventually. I had another thread on it, https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/large-multi-trunk-yew-styling-suggestions.65882/#post-1141330

 

[defra]

I will either have to hijack this thread or steal all the photos and start a new one
Tree switched owner yesterday

 

[leatherback]

WTF!
How did you get these out of my yard!

 

[leatherback]

I did massive rootwork on it this spring

for completeness sake

 

[defra]

WTF!
How did you get these out of my yard!

I dont know suddenly i was on a road trip in my small car that fits big trees

Photo before i done any work to it except pruning two sacrifice branches back
Will post more once im finished but its going to take a few days.
Since its been a tree from a youtube star i will take my time to do it right(hopefully)

 

[defra]

So took me two full evenings to get all the wire in every branch and all small twigs are wired!
Some branches are to full still and at the bottom they could extend some more so its ready to grow upcoming season and let it fill out

I cleaned a little bit of dead bark from the left trunk to see where the live veins are.
Also cleaned up some small jins and cleared the spaces between the trunks to get a clear view between the trunks

Hopefully i made the right decisions i am no where near as experienced as jelle but i am pretty happy with the result myself so far.

Before:


After:



Next step will be to check the entire tree if there is any more died bark and clean it up a little bit so i get a clear view what sharis can be extended or added but that can be done later for now ill let it enjoy its new spot in my garden!

Picture doesnt show much depth it was dark already so only artificial light ill try to make a better picture today when its still day light and do a 360 video once im all done.

 

[defra]

Slightly better pictures and from all sides
tree is now ready for the next growing season ill keep this thread updated as i go