Could I Call This Niwaki?

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Could I Call This Niwaki?

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This is an almond in the back yard that is trimmed and styled to keep in to a size that fits where it currently grows. The flowers are great this year (probably due to the rain) and the fruit (nuts) taste great too.
BUT, can this be termed a Niwaki?
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Looks like a Niwaki to me :tu: a lovely little? Tree. How tall is it Watto? Pretty flowers
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I can’t see why not!
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Nice! Any plans to carve the base and step it up a notch? :tu:
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Its just a bit over 2 metres tall and there certainly are plans for some cosmetic improvements.
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Call it whatever you want ... I’ll call it beautiful.


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Impressive!
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By definition; Niwaki にわき is made up of two words; niwa meaning garden and ki meaning tree; so garden tree. But this is imbued with more meanings and mysticism.

So by definition its a garden tree , hence niwaki. And its a nice one. Really nice in fact.

When I was in Japan I asked the owner at one of the Bonsai nurseries who had a Niwaki at the entrance to his nursery; “Do you trim the Niwaki yourself?”.
He said no,” we get and expert person in trained in Niwaki”
I also asked Yusuke Uchida if he trimmed Niwaki? He said “No , too difficult, very specialised” which amused me and an old man sitting near us. He asked how we knew each other and he explained we both do Bonsai.

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Post by Watto »

Thanks for the insight Grant. Nearly all Niwaki that I have seen, even in Japan have been Japanese Black Pine. There are a few bonsai nurseries in Japan that have Niwaki and I assumed they would trim them but it sounds like a specialist job.
I have two almond trees in my backyard, a large one and this one that is regularly trimmed (not by an expert, just me). The white cockatoos wreak havoc on the large one and the plan was that I would get the goodies from the small one, but alas they took to both trees last year. Netting will be used this year!
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