Niwaki translates as "garden tree". Here we use the term to imply Japanese-style shaping. We also use the term "cloud pruning" to describe not only the spectacularly pruned trees with the cloud ...

A labor of love that has filled the backyard of his Spokane home with beautiful examples of the ancient Japanese art of slowly shaping and manipulating trees to give the appearance of an older ...

See About archive blog posts. The Japanese black pine is a godsend to people who love to shape trees. It will take kindly to most any attempt to make it into something it is not. Native to ...

Like many trees and shrubs, Japanese maples need to be lightly pruned and trained to keep their shape and to remove dieback. Jack Sutcliffe, a gardening expert and co-founder at Power Sheds said ...