How to shear karikomi and tamamono shrubs – Japanese gardening techniques.
Learn from our Garden Curator/Niwashi – Ben Schrepf about the basics of shaping and pruning shrubs into karikomi and tamamono at the Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, Arizona – RoHoEn.
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So interesting! Thanks for sharing!!!
Good stuff. More please.
One question , what is the name of the plant that Niwashi Ben is applying the technique on?
Using them shears lies they are clippers lol… Slow down man your not getting it done any quicker going like the clappers.
i'm interested in growing some round-ish shaped blobs.
i want the foliage to be as fine and dense as possible to create a very smooth appearance.
which variety of shrub would be best?
i have been told to look out for evergreen small leaved azalea japonica, but the ones in my local garden centres are not particularly small leaved. have i been given the right information?
other than azaleas and box, what would also be a good shrub for getting a very dense smooth look?
dude it not race take care of your shears !!