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lloyd wrote:

thank you for the replies chaps. It would seem the Yew is quite a
special tree too and is best left alone, so I think I might leave it
after all.

But don't worry - yew is very resilient (in all senses), and you
can prune it without worrying about harming it. And the answer to
your question is that your 5' pruned section will remain 5' but,
as people say, may need recreating.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.