# Feminine yew. Your thoughts

**URL:** <https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/feminine-yew-your-thoughts/10042>\
**Category:** Design\
**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/feminine-yew-your-thoughts/10042 "2022-10-25T18:08:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jeremy](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Jeremy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/feminine-yew-your-thoughts/10042/1 "2022-10-25T18:08:59Z")

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Hi,

I have learnt so much from your live streams. Thank you for sharing so much.

You mentioned in your Stream “late Autumnal pruning” of yews, that you had not seen a yew that was feminine.

I have always seen my yew as a feminine tree.

Am I fooling myself?

Jeremy Wheeler

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**Author:** ![Jeremy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@Jeremy](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Jeremy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/feminine-yew-your-thoughts/10042/2 "2022-10-25T18:09:34Z")

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**Author:** ![Bonsai\_bob](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.bonsaimirai.com/bonsai_bob/32/35621_2.png) [@Bonsai\_bob](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bonsai_bob)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/feminine-yew-your-thoughts/10042/3 "2022-10-26T01:12:28Z")

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Check out the Feminine / Masculine Bonsai Mirai discussion on the education page.

> **[Feminine / Masculine](https://bonsaimirai.com/blog/feminine-masculine)**
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> When you first get exposed to bonsai, there is an intimidating jargon to delve into –with Latin names, nuanced Japanese terms, and dense horticultural descriptions. In terms of bonsai design, two very fundamental categorizations are masculine or...

At the opposite side of the spectrum are the feminine trees, with a thinner trunks and soft, curvaceous movement. For a tree with feminine characteristics, the overall plan for the design should be elongation. This means creating a narrower structural silhouette, laying thinner pads that are more divided across branching, and leaving sparser foliage to emphasize the overall lightness of the tree. So my impression is that it has character of feminine. The pads may be a little too full, but looks really healthy. Elongate… elongate… elongate. Beautiful tree!

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**Author:** ![Bob\_McCarlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_McCarlie](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/u/Bob_McCarlie)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.bonsaimirai.com/t/feminine-yew-your-thoughts/10042/4 "2022-10-31T23:10:58Z")

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FWIW… It looks feminine to me. The pot seems a little too deep for it, but definitely feminine.