Chainsaw Kwanzan Cherry

[ABCarve]

Another year. Fewer flowers but the crown has filled in, giving it a nicer silhouette. I'm finally starting to understand the branch management of this. Flowers do not extend with vegetative growth, the flowers simply die back. So branches that have flowers at the terminal with no vegetative buds behind them are goners. You can only hope that something pops out shortly after flowering. Many time there are buds to keep the branch going, but the branch may need serious shortening. This is why the branching on this material is so coarse. Sometimes its hard to justify the work on this tree for the week or so that it look good.......well better than good!

 

[ABCarve]

I just answered a post about these cherries and I thought it may be a good time to update this. As you can see many of the branches are getting pretty leggy, so after flowering this is going to get a big cut back. The top has only been wired to compact the image for flowering. It will be cut off after that.

 

[JudyB]

I just answered a post about these cherries and I thought it may be a good time to update this. As you can see many of the branches are getting pretty leggy, so after flowering this is going to get a big cut back. The top has only been wired to compact the image for flowering. It will be cut off after that.



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You should name this tree Cinderella. nice work.

 

[yashu]

Wow! First time I’ve seen this thread. Great job @ABCarve! This thing has come a long way.

 

[ABCarve]

Gonna be quite a show in a week or two!

 

[A. Gorilla]

He can't keep getting away with this!

 

[ABCarve]

Spring delight!

 

[Woocash]

This is something else. Beautiful. Is that the blossom reflecting in the pot or did you somehow manage to glaze it in the exact colour combo? Also, did you epoxy the deadwood in the end? Everything looks so perfect it's hard to tell if it's the photography...

 

[Carol 83]

Beautiful combination.

 

[ABCarve]

This is something else. Beautiful. Is that the blossom reflecting in the pot or did you somehow manage to glaze it in the exact colour combo? Also, did you epoxy the deadwood in the end? Everything looks so perfect it's hard to tell if it's the photography...

Thanks! The glaze is that color, not a reflection. The deepest part of the deadwood is epoxied as it was the pith of the tree and was beginning to rot.

 

[Woocash]

Thanks! The glaze is that color, not a reflection.

Nice man, that is true artistry. Not trying to blow smoke, but I've not really seen that level of detail in pot selection before. Perks of making your own I guess!

The deepest part of the deadwood is epoxied as it was the pith of the tree and was beginning to rot.

Interesting. Is that penetrating epoxy and does the wood have a sheen in person? I've got various trees that'll need some form of protection before too long so I'm trying gauge the best treatment.

 

[InstilledChaos]

@ABCarve Amazing work bringing this from burn pile stump to what it is today! Do you still have the strange root callus happening? I have a prunus subhirtella that has something very similar, and I tentatively identified it as crown/root gall. I’m wondering if you have ever done anything to treat it, or if it has caused any ill effects that you can see?

 

[ABCarve]

Nice man, that is true artistry. Not trying to blow smoke, but I've not really seen that level of detail in pot selection before. Perks of making your own I guess!

Interesting. Is that penetrating epoxy and does the wood have a sheen in person? I've got various trees that'll need some form of protection before too long so I'm trying gauge the best treatment.

It is West system epoxy which is for marine use. There is another, “Total Boat” that can be thinned with acetone which seems to work well. Penetrating is what they like you to believe but any epoxy will only soak in a few thousand of an inch. It doesn’t have a sheen unless you put two coats on. I have put multiple coats on other trees I have but remove the sheen with lime sulfur. Epoxy does break down from UV from the sun but the shade from the foliage seems to alleviate a lot of that. I have deciduous trees with deadwood that has lasted 30 years so far.

@ABCarve Amazing work bringing this from burn pile stump to what it is today! Do you still have the strange root callus happening? I have a prunus subhirtella that has something very similar, and I tentatively identified it as crown/root gall. I’m wondering if you have ever done anything to treat it, or if it has caused any ill effects that you can see?

The tree is still putting out that strange callous as you call it. I think it’s a root gall. So far it doesn’t seem to be affecting the health of the tree and I really haven’t looked further into treating it, if there is one.