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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?

Looks like a Niwaki to me a lovely little? Tree. How tall is it Watto? Pretty flowers
Cheers
Kirky

I can’t see why not!

Nice! Any plans to carve the base and step it up a notch?

Its just a bit over 2 metres tall and there certainly are plans for some cosmetic improvements.

Call it whatever you want ... I’ll call it beautiful.


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Impressive!

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.

Grant

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!