The 50-year-old cherry tree was pollarded in the middle of a barren lot and in front of a white-painted party wall. Banksy poured cans of green paint on the white wall to create the miracle of a splendid frond suddenly covering the bare branches.
It took them two days to vandalize the mural with white paint, but the frond is still clearly visible from all angles. The wall has increased its value incalculably overnight, and the owner of the neighboring building has decided to protect the work with fences.