I just had trouble trying to post a link. Have you tried restarting your computer? :)

I'm using my phone. Its a quirk of Houzz. I should really save the Conifers page to my bookmarks. I usually come here just using 'conifer forum' in a google search which takes me to the forum, but from a different part of Houzz, and I have to back track. Come back GardenWeb...

Its this page. It didnt used to look like this. Its awful. Where it says Start a Discussion when I enter text and then hit the space bar for the next word, the word I entered disappears! Obviously not optimised for mobile devices!

anyway.. back to the yew ...

wind blown seed and the darn thing sprouts in a wall ...

i spend 50 to 100 dollars for a plant .. and the darn thing dies in a few months.. whats that all about.. lol ...

did you take a pic of the castle??? ...

ken

I was having that problem,,,,,search gardenweb , but select forums,,,in the forum list , select conifers,,,,then save that link

it fixed it for me

ron

Google Barnard Castle, Ken. Lots of pix. It's on the River Tees (no, not Trees ; -))

It would most likely be a bird planted seed rather than wind blown since yews have juicy arils.

I have posted this link with a picture of an upside-down Juniperus virginiana before.

http://www.carolinanature.com/trees/juvi.html

@ken_adrian

Here's my photo of the castle in question

Lodgepole pine growing on top of very narrow rock-pinnacle (center of pic) at Yellowstone's Lower Falls:

Another lodgepole in Yellowstone: