Some readers have been asking me to see examples of my Dragon-Eye Pine Tree, and how I have been pruning it. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m new to Niwaki pruning, and have been learning over the past 2 years. But some photo’s may be useful to newbie Niwaki-ers. Below I’ve laid out [ Read More ]
Regular readers know I planted a Japanese Red Pine “Dragon Eye” two years ago. In the intervening time, I’ve been trying to figure out the correct Pruning methods to make a nice Japanese “Niwaki” Tree. Meaning, open hard pruned branches, and a trunk that moves in interesting ways. The whole point is to make the [ Read More ]
This is the first of 3 blog entries about pruning. This entry is specific to pruning a Japanese Maple Tree (Acer Palmatum). This plant has a few eccentricities, which make pruning slightly different from how you would prune any other tree. After spending time working on my 2 Japanese Maple trees, and also reading up [ Read More ]
