Taxus capitata

Columnar Yew

This tree was acquired from a landscape nursery in April 1989.  It had been a foundation planting at a 120-year-old church that had to be razed.  I believe the tree is at least as old at the church.  It is the cover tree on the fall 1996 issue of International Bonsai, where you can find an extensive story on yews as bonsai.