1. Today in the Garden of a Lifetime: Pruning the Japanese Yew
(A Gardening Journal)

In the garden as in life, one thing leads to another. Now that I was done with pruning the various lengths of American beech hedge, it was clear that the trees making up its far corner—where two ...

2. Today in the Garden of a Lifetime: Japanese Yew Barked by Deer
(A Gardening Journal)

  A very old Japanese yew is located outside the current reach of my deer fencing. Unless there are moose or elk or lions now roaming the wild lands of Rhode Island, this particular one of the ...

3. Trunks of the Japanese Yew
(A Gardening Journal)

The trunks of the large old tree yew show bark at its best:  A warm orange-red inner layer is revealed where the flaky outer bark has fallen away.  This tree's trunks have even more talents ...