Below: I found the Yew/Taxus of this story in November 2007 on a mountain in Walles! She was mostly covered by a large flat boulder rock and only the foliage you see on top and on the right side ware growing from under it! I was on my own and lifting that heavy rock off her without damaging her was a serious task…but boy was it worth it!
Below: 31-3-2012. The first repotting after collecting her in 2007 in Walles! Just look how little foliage she has after 5 years of recovering!
Below: 31-3-2012. And just potted in her first real pot and a happy and younger and leaner me in the background!
Below: 27-4-2022. And this is how she looks today with all the new brightly green buds! I am proud of this one! Someone once told me a long time ago: you can’t make a windswept Yew Bonsai…well I beg to differ! 😉😇 I consider this tree one of my best designs and hope to show it at the next Trophy in Belgium!
Cheers,
Hans van Meer.
The Bonsai Blog of Hans van Meer 
Fantastic evolution and I surely hope to see this at the Trophy in the near future!
Are yews always slow to recover?
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