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 ]
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 ]
The River Birch, or sometimes also called “Tree River Birch” / “Birch River Tree” is a fascinating tree. I found a River Birch for $5 at an end of season sale, and couldn’t resist planting it. When I say I couldn’t resist, I mean, I don’t really have room for it, but I planted it [ Read More ]
