Cloud Pruning 🌲☁️☁️🌳 Japanese Niwaki Style Topiary

[@artfx9]

Love this style! Thank you for sharing! ❤

[@yathatisgood]

I just realised who you are. I recommend your book to any new or young gardener to hopefully get them on the right path. It’s the best gardening book I own. I can’t believe you just popped up on KZbin doing what you do best, sharing knowledge. Now I can recommend your channel too. A big thank you from the uk. Good day to you kind sir

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

Thank you so much.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

I have volunteer boxwoods that I want to start pruning into topiaries. Thanks for sharing how to do cloud pruning, I'll probably try that style on one. I have eight boxwoods in various sizes, two are nearly three feet tall. I also have two red cedar trees, which were planted by the birds. Once the rain stops, I can start that project. Thanks for sharing your expertise! ~Margie

[@carolinegarvie4101]

Looks great l have three that l have clipped and trained over many years well worth the effort

[@rosieg4813]

love this would love to see step by step and what this tree looks like now

[@ericaverde1951]

Thank you very much! Very interesting and easy to understand! 🙏🏼🌿

[@cynthiacisneros1694]

I tried it and it looks great ❣️ Thank you 🥰

[@amandareynolds2382]

Great video, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge

[@elsagrace3893]

I like Pom poms better than clouds.. I enjoyed the way you explained and showed what you’re doing. 👍🏼

[@denisebrucato9073]

What's the difference?

[@JaneHenry]

great video! thank you for capturing the various stages.

[@leetingchin9216]

Greetings from Melbourne Australia ❤ What’s the name of the hostas @5:20 round the base of the tree?

[@nathanz4922]

I have been binge watching your movies here and I am getting closer to what I am after. . . . . . Espalier! I want to try an annual this year, on the south/east side of my house, any recommendations? Zone 5 I should just go for it and get the apple tree, right? ;) I'm American and want the instant (2 seasons) gratification though. 😔 Great content. Love this channel. You didn't mention other trees to use this cloud pruning on. Is it only yews or evergreens in general? Back to the channel. . . .

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

For cloud pruning you want a tree that easily regrows when you cut it. Most evergreens don't do that. Some horizontal junipers work - but they grow slower. You can use pines, but you need to be more careful not to cut something off that you want. Get the apple - my first espalier apples was done in my second year of gardening - it is not that hard. If you want an annual vine - runner beans are a good choice.

[@dorothyfu7540]

Are you not concerned that the stem will be able to support the weight of the cloud later on. I am surprised you chose to keep the stem so long. Would a shorter stem be sturdier and stronger? May be the clouds get bigger the stem will adjust to their weights.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

The stem will get thicker as the clouds grow, and i can decide on how big to let the clouds get. I don't think shorter is stronger, except maybe in a strong wind.

[@kgarden8960]

Those side branches on the pom-poms - @ 4:17 rather than cutting them off could you wire them, a bit horizontally, to increase the diameter of pom-poms sooner?

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

Yes, provided the wood you are training is not too old. Older wood is more difficult to change.

[@tomkochan8134]

beautiful vase, i hope it's not plastic 😢

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

It is a fiberglass planter

[@mattlloyd9054]

Not trying to be a troll but the yew you showed has a completely different structure than yours. The one you have is a fatter yew the one you showed has a columnar or fastigate skinny structure. I'm such an autistic plant nerd and I'll admit I can cloud prune most anything but doing a pine niawaki style from scratch I screw it up every time. 3 thunderhead pinus thunbergii and 10 years later I've almost got it but I still ain't happy with the new one. Lol