Prunus Mahaleb from 2000

Thank you all for your nice compliments. I will tell it to the tree.

servus
Herbert Aigner

beautiful transformation! Who did the initial carving?

Hi Peter, i did the the initial carving in 2007.

It's very good!

I was just looking at the 2006 pic and saw that transistor radio sitting behind and I thought that could not be right.. this picture must have been taken way back in the 1980s

Nice transformation though.. very inspiring. I have a stump like that I might want to ship to Austria.

I love it Herbert!

Herbert A wrote:... ... I only knew i had to do somthing realy big... ...

And you really have done it!!!

mokster wrote:I was just looking at the 2006 pic and saw that transistor radio sitting behind and I thought that could not be right.. this picture must have been taken way back in the 1980s... ...

My mother has one just like this coming from the past all the way to 2013

The transistor radio is from grandfather :-)

Herbert

update

the last two years just grow and cut. This spring the tree will be repotet and than i can look for a little different position.

Spring 2014




Autumn 2014



Herbert Aigner

Amazing, this tree just keeps getting better and better. It is inspiring me to think about how to tackle a couple of stumps growing in pots in my backyard. I have a ginkgo and a grape that could really benefit from some serious carving. Thank you for showing us the updates. This cherry is fabulous.

Thank you Leo. It´s a pleasure to inspire you for your projects.

Herbert

woa... good change.

Love what you did with this trunk!!
Tona

abcd wrote:Hello, i think it will be better like this ( to create imbalance, for me, the tree is too static).
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In my opinion you are missing out on having a much better tree by not listening to this person's suggestion. The slight tilt adds drama and is also much more aesthetically pleasing. After seeing this virt all the other pics just look wrong.

Kinetikx wrote: In my opinion you are missing out on having a much better tree by not listening to this person's suggestion.  The slight tilt adds drama and is also much more aesthetically pleasing.  After seeing this virt all the other pics just look wrong.

If you read Herbert's post from earlier this week you will see that he intends to re-position the tree at its spring repot.

My apologies, I absolutely missed that. My only excuse is that I was up entirely too late and my eyes must have stopped working.

Kinetikx wrote:My apologies,  I absolutely missed that.  My only excuse is that I was up entirely too late and my eyes must have stopped working.

Yup. I know that feeling well.

Great work on the tree trunk. It's beautiful.

update after repoting

In Austria we had snowfall on 6th April.




hope you enjoy

Herbert Aigner

Love this tree it's magnificent!

Thanks for continuing to update this thread.

Regards

Richard

Thank you Richard

Herbert

Awesome tree.
Keep updating it.

Regards,
Rui Marques

Wonderful plant, snow contrast with the flowers is beautiful.

Thanks for sharing my regards, Daniel

That's some amazing carving!

Spring in Austria







best regards
Herbert

It is amazing what you have achieved with this tree Herbert. Another confirmation of an old wisdom that a vision supported by capable hands can convert even a substandard tree into a very interesting one.

The ramification seems to be more or less in the same status in the last couple of years, which gives the tree a nice airy look. I personally prefer the front view from 2014 with the crown close to the centre of the base and less accent on the deadwood.

PS As a passionate skier, I do love and envy the views from your place.