Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way
Trees pervade Japan's physical landscape and are vital to the country's history and culture. Over thousands of years, the sculpting of Japanese garden trees, or niwaki, has become a finely honed art with a distinctive set of pruning techniques meant to coax out the trees' essential characteristics. The methods yield dramatic and beguiling effects; mounds of pruned shrubs resemble interlocking hills, flowering apricot trees are trained out over archways, and elgonated branches of Pinus...
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Over the years, Japanese gardeners have fine-tuned a distinctive set of pruning techniques that coax out the essential characters of their garden trees, or niwaki. In this highly practical book, Western gardeners are encouraged to draw upon the techniques and sculpt their own garden trees to unique effect. Asian Reporter "While Niwaki definitely has what it takes to impress serious garden nerds, there’s also plenty here for the rest of us … Niwaki is [Hobson’s] first book; let’s hope it’s not his last."
Preface 7What Are Niwaki? 9Garden Elements 12The Roots of Niwaki 24Principles and Techniques 45Pines 62Azaleas and Karikomi 76Conifers 85Broadleaved Evergreens 101Deciduous Trees 108Bamboo and other Plants 119Behind the Scenes at Japan's Nurseries 125Japanese-English Plant Names 136Glossary of Japanese Terms 138References 140Index 141
\ Asian Reporter"While Niwaki definitely has what it takes to impress serious garden nerds, there’s also plenty here for the rest of us … Niwaki is [Hobson’s] first book; let’s hope it’s not his last."\ \
