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Can a raise the crown of this yew?

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Taxus baccatta, the everyday , most common ( but gorgeous ) type.
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Image result for pyramidal clipped cone yew
    something like this perhaps?
    Devon.
  • Gardener EveGardener Eve Posts: 118
    I wonder if this type of thing would be achievable? 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    possible, but would you want something that ugly ? and it'd still cast a lot of shade
    Devon.
  • Gardener EveGardener Eve Posts: 118
    Lol! Well that’s down to taste! I quite like it! The cone feels a bit formal for me... garden otherwise has evolved to be a bit cottage garden style & bit Mediterranean...

    lots to think about - thanks everyone for all the ideas and information- it’s lovely to know what it is too! 
    😀
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Yew pillars work well with 'cottagey' IMHO... but it might look strange as a singleton. 
    Image result for yew pillar
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Perhaps a sort of tiered thingy would make sense as a lone specimen?

    Image result for yew topiary
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Gardener Eve said:
    Lol! Well that’s down to taste! I quite like it! The cone feels a bit formal for me... garden otherwise has evolved to be a bit cottage garden style & bit Mediterranean...

    lots to think about - thanks everyone for all the ideas and information- it’s lovely to know what it is too! 
    😀
    Mediterranean gardens are full of topiary just look at the great gardens of Italy, for example.
    Devon.
  • Gardener EveGardener Eve Posts: 118
    I like the pillars although agree a lone one maybe not... yes maybe tiered...I like the curves...  also cloud pruning looks interesting too.. that’s Japanese isn’t it?
    I like the airy and free feel of it...

    I’m not concerned about mixing styles - or labels-  more about how it all feels together- I guess like fusion cooking! 


    Hostafan1: My version of Mediterranean is more Cyprus than Italy as my fam are from there and i know it well. It is more like floriferous pots on the patio, jasmine, vines, olives etc.  Which is how we’ve done our patio. Should I amend my usage of the term to mean the formal gardens of Italy only?


    thanks everyone! 


  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Maybe you could try something like this ? It only took about 20 years !
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/795985/yew-tree-heads-garden-scotland
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