Propping a Yew

[Mesterh]

To me propping and bracing is a travisty.

Removes the natural beauty and grace of a tree.

 

I am liking the propping of a whole tree but not the propping of limbs, something doesnt look right.

[Xerxses]

Any updates on this? Would be nice to se how the installment has worked!

[scotspine1]

some of you may remember we propped this ancient Yew in early 2008, here is the same tree 5 years later, exactly what we hoped would happen, flourishing lower growth, and main branches still intact and surviving.

 

Was nice to visit the tree 5 years after the initial work and see the props in great condition -

[David Humphries]

That's fantastic Tim, have to say I'm really impressed.

 

Yews are so resilient as a species and worth the effort to maintain.

 

They often do recover from what may seem like terminal vitality decline or structural weakness.

Just need some tlc and a whole lotta time.

 

The work may have added decades or not more to its retention

 

Cheers for the bump.

 

 

 

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[silky fox]

Amazing!:thumbup:

[likeitorlumpit]

Can you post again over the next 1000 years- see how the regrowth develops.

The tidy part of my brain would like to see all the top cut back to leave a bush. See how this pans out. The side I'm trying to develop wants to see beauty in the oddness of this tree. Personally I would like to have seen natural props or even make it weird by getting a heavy chain and welding all the links and using this as a prop. making an optical illusion of the branch being chained to the ground. The chain stopping the branch from flying off. Would have been a local talking point/ tourist draw.

[matthawh1966]

Here are à few pics from à local church ,the propt yew is suposed to be about à thousond years old. The interesting thing is about 200 years ago they dug à pit around it and moved it 50 ft on rollers, so they could exstend the church. The dates might not be exact .

[David Humphries]

not a yew obviously, but I couldn't find a general 'propping' thread, so felt here was appropriate.

 

Sometimes if you leave the trees a couple of hundred years they may 'prop' themselves !

 

 

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[Aicchalmers]

Real lifelike figure there david! Any chance of an update from the OP?

[treeseer]

Well done, scotspine!