Large urban-dori yew

[parhamr]

It has been very rainy here and I have yet to water this tree since the initial potting. We are in the middle of a flood watch. The foliage looks good but I have not seen any shoots of growth. I'll take a closer look when I can.

Yesterday I fed the tree a sprinkling of powdered humic acid.

 

[sorce]

very rainy here

Sounds good!

I hope this thing makes it!
I really do!

But if it doesn't....

You have enough wood to build a few more stands!
So no time lost!

But really.....

The rain sounds like a great blessing!

Mine is pushing buds, but I'm not out of the woods yet!

Here's to Yew!

Sorce

 

[parhamr]

It's alive! Here are some newly swelling buds

 

[GroveKeeper]

I will not respect you unless you grow back all of that Marge Simpson foliage.

 

[leatherback]

Now the most dificult thing.. Remain patient for at least another year. No cheating with Yew..

 

[ChrisV]

great find

 

[Giga]

choking up the crotches.

More photos will come when interesting stuff happens. I need to sleep this one off.

 

[Saddler]

I feel your pain. I fought a yew this afternoon, a five gallon potted one that was the most root bound I have ever seen. I repotted eight root bound trees, in nine hours. the yew was three of those hours. I spent almost a half hour with the tree on its side jumping on the roots trying to compress them to loosen it up ever so slightly. Its only a third of your beautiful beast though. Nice find!

 

[parhamr]

It’s alive! Barely.

All of the foliage has remained a deep, healthy green. Buds are (weakly) pushing new foliage all over the trunk and branches. The tree has clearly survived the collection process, but its (lack of) strength reflects the poor quantity of fine feeder roots near the main trunk. I’ll continue feeding it well and avoiding overwatering the tree. It may still have significant risk of carbohydrate exhaustion through the second and third year after collection.

I respect this tree enough to just let it sit and recover. I promise to keep my hands off it

 

[parhamr]

True to the species it looks healthiest on the north side where the foliage has been shaded.

I cut the guy wires and the branches have remained in position. They did their job.

 

[defra]

Nice!
i experienced the same with my yew new growth but not as much or strong as a healthy one so i hope it goes boom next year tough lookimg forward to what you will do to it!

 

[sorce]

More Shade!

Sorce

 

[augustine]

I found they take 3 or 4 years for recovery.

 

[defra]

@parhamr i was re-reading my own yew thread after looking at your's once more maybe there is usefull info there for you too
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/project-taxus.24631/

 

[leatherback]

Any updates on this tree ?
I dug a similar project in March, and have lost most of the green shine to the needles. Worries it might not pull through

 

[parhamr]

@leatherback it’s not very interesting at the moment. About 50% of the post-collection foliage had died over the hot summer. The remaining foliage and buds appear alive and viable.

Last month, I gently looked around the soil with my hands and didn’t see evidence of new roots.

Ryan Neil (via Randy Knight) has shown us that Taxus collected from the landscape are likely to appear sad for the first year or two after collection. The third and fourth year from collection the growth should return to a more normal rate.

 

[leatherback]

About 50% of the post-collection foliage had died over the hot summer. The remaining foliage and buds appear alive and viable.

Last month, I gently looked around the soil with my hands and didn’t see evidence of new roots.

OK, so yours is in a similar state as mine. Lets keep all our fingers crossed!

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Looks like taxus baccata fastigiata. Nice base. They like it damp and shaded as long as not fully rooted. From then on sunny and plenty of water and fertilizer and boom.... There will be a lot of vertical growth. Make sure to establish the secondary branches early and fixate them before building on them or they will return to a more upright position.

 

[parhamr]

It’s dead

I’ll soon remove it from the box to see if any roots grew.

Winter of 2017 was the one of the coldest and wettest on record and the summer was brutally hot. It wasn’t a good year for collected material recovery.

 

[just.wing.it]

It’s dead

I’ll soon remove it from the box to see if any roots grew.

Winter of 2017 was the one of the coldest and wettest on record and the summer was brutally hot. It wasn’t a good year for collected material recovery.

Sorry to hear...
Appreciate the update though...