BBC News is shown the secret site protecting the remains of the Sycamore Gap tree felled last year.
New life has sprung from the rescued seeds and twigs of the Sycamore Gap tree mysteriously cut down last year, giving hope that the iconic tree has a future.
No-one expected the sudden loss of the Sycamore Gap tree, once one of the most photographed spots in Britain.The National Trust is still deciding what to do with them once they are strong enough - schools and communities could be given saplings to grow their own Sycamore Gap tree, explains Andy Jasper, director of gardens and parklands. If the stump does not regrow, one might replace it.Before entering the greenhouses, we must walk through disinfectant to stop diseases contaminating the site.
Chris is softly-spoken, talking scientifically about the process. "It's our job to graft this stuff," he says. Using a lime tree as an example, Juliet Stubbington, a propagator who works alongside Chris, demonstrates how it was done. "You have to be confident with a knife," she says. The horticulturalists also successfully planted seeds from the Sycamore Gap tree, now its descendants."This is literally the first one that came up," Andy Jaspar says, carrying a small pot with a 10cm green shoot. People have cried when holding it, he says. It's next to a type of rhododendron seedling that is the only known one in the world.Nine grafted seedlings survive
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