My first yew
Forget about YAMADORI when it comes to yews. There are not many yews in the wildness here in Czechia. And to protect the remaining ones they have the status of highly protected trees by law. So forget to collect it from the woodland. The only way is to collect from garden center/nursery or from your neighbor's garden once they are on a holiday... My biggest yew is located in the front garden - I started to build a niwaki tree a few years ago and by now it starts to look presentable. The other two are in the mid-sized category with the target height around 50-70 cm. We will see. The smaller one of this two has made a quite nice progress this year. So I thought it would be the right time to start some fine tuning to improve the overall appearance of the tree before the next season. Spring 2017 Summer 2017 It is a shame that I do not recall what type of fertilizer I have used on this tree. From next to nothing it has moved to this: Possible front