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Японский Сад «Цубо-Ен», Japanese garden “Tsubo-en” in Ukraine magazine
An article about our garden written by Olga van Saane has been published in September 2011 issue of the garden-magazine “Neskuchniy Garden” («Нескучный Сад») in Ukraine. An abstract of the article, in...
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Wisteria sinensis winter pruning
Over winter the Wisteria side shoots need to get pruned back to 6 to 10 cm long (2.5 – 4 inch), leaving only 2 or 3 buds on the side-shoots. These will be the flowering spurs on the Wisteria. This...
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Late winter or no winter 2011/2012
So far we have not seen any real winter weather. It is more like an extremely long autum. Last week we had the very first frost of this season on Monday 16th and Tuesday 17nd of January 2012. This is...
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Tracks in the snow
After an extreme delay the winter has now commenced. Last week we got about 20 cm (8 inch) snow. We also had the pleasure to be the coldest spot in the country with -22,9 °C (-9.2F). It’s exciting to...
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Frost damage, to survive or to die ?
As mentioned in my earlier post Tracks in the snow we had an unusual winter with extreme frost. This is the first time ever that we have substantial frost damage. Although we have previously had these...
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Shumi-sen or Mount Sumeru, in historical perspective
In the garden book Sakuteiki 5 “Creating a garden” is expressed as “setting stones”, ishi wo taten koto; literally, the “act of setting stones upright.” At the time the Sakuteiki was written, the...
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Midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ the pine-trees: Continued
In Midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ the pine-trees I first wrote about this annual mandatory “bud pinching” activity. This year, with our first Frost damage due to minimum temperatures as low as -22,9...
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Frost damage 2011/2012, final damage report
As I already wrote in Frost damage, to survive or to die ? for the first time in the life of Tsubo-en we have major frost damage. Now in June we can draw conclusions. Although most of our Prunus...
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What tools to use to trim Buxus topiary shrubs?
I think the complete question should read like: What tools to use to trim Buxus topiary shrubs … in a Japanese- and more specifically Zen-garden? Most of the karikomi and hako-zukuri topiary and other...
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Our Ulmus parvifolia (Elm-tree) got Dutch elm disease
Our beautiful Ulmus parvifolia or Elm-tree in The front garden compartment is again partly affected by Dutch elm disease (DED). Well that is to say most parts that survived the previous attack. In...
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Winter season-impression: Weather-Gods garden-art
After a delay the winter has now commenced. Last week we got some snow. At first a thin layer and later about 5 to 10cm (2-4 inch) in our part of the country. We also had the pleasure of a good frost...
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Front-garden gravel-area restoration
At the time we initially constructed our garden we used a couple of hundred square meters of weed control fabric (barrier cloth) as a basis for the gravel area's, in particular the Ginshanada. When...
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Book review: Niwaki by Jake Hobson
Niwaki: Pruning, Training and Shaping Trees the Japanese Way by Jake Hobson, English language and published by Timber Press. In [12] you find a book reference to “Niwaki”, (niwa ki) clipped and pruned...
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Resurrection of our Wisteria sinensis
In Frost damage 2011/2012, final damage report I wrote about the frost-damage in our garden during the winter 2011/2012 and the subsequent growth and our attempts to give it a second life. This frost...
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Buxus disease, Box Blight? Cylindrocladium Buxicola, continued
In Buxus disease, Box Blight? Problem with box topiary I wrote about a new, at the time the latest, buxus problem in our garden. Now, about three years later, we know that this is a problem that is...
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For Sale: Zen-garden inclusive fitting house, Lelystad
Te koop: Zen-tuin inclusief bijpassende woning te Lelystad Due to personal circumstances the property is for sale. The garden and house exterior can be seen here and on the main site, in particular on...
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Shumi-sen or Mount Sumeru, in historical perspective
In the garden book Sakuteiki 5 “Creating a garden” is expressed as “setting stones”, ishi wo taten koto; literally, the “act of setting stones upright.” At the time the Sakuteiki was written, the...
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A forced recess: Infective or bacterial Endocarditis
The garden has seen one of its poorest years ever. Initially. At the end of the year all looks good again. During the first half year of 2014 my wife had to do the maintenance on here own. During the...
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Pilgrimage: Ofuda (御札 charm, talisman), a shrine or a temple seal
A popular custom is to buy a blank booklet at the beginning of the pilgrimage and have a calligraphy named 'Ofuda', painted in it, at each of the temples (1). It is believed that one after one's death,...
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Midoritsumi, ‘green picking’ and Momiage ‘thinning’, combined
Due to my health status during 2014 (see: A forced recess: Infective or bacterial Endocarditis) for the first time ever, my wife (on here own initiative) had done Midoritsumi, the ‘green...
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