Archive for the ‘Trees’ Category

Apr-3-2012
Dragon Pine

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 ]

May-23-2011
Japanese Maple Tree (Acer Palmatum)

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 ]

Oct-9-2010
redpine1b

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 ]

May-20-2010
river birch

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 ]


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