I couldn’t resist putting up these photos of my Japanese Iris Plant. I planted these from a small $1.00 pot, and 1.5 years later, they’ve grown large, luxurious, and gorgeous. They’ve survived 2 Canadian winters (Toronto Winters…which is still Zone 5) just fine. Due to their spikey leaves, I find they make a great contrast [ 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 ]
Introduction Here’s a picture of my new ‘Sunsation’ Japanese Barberry Shrub. My front lawn is very bare, and I recently started up my second mini-project to put something together up there. The original design called for a spherical boxwood form to contrast with my Dragon-Eye Red Pine. But when I was at the nursery, (Lakeside [ Read More ]
I saw this tree in the Magazine “Fine Gardening” – August 2010 (#134) on Page 79. On an image of an Asian Garden (I thought they were called Japanese Gardens?), they had this beautiful Red Pine tree tucked away on the right. Initially I only nodded in appreciation, but I really kept thinking about it, [ Read More ]
