Learn how to make Cloud Prune Boxwood (Buxus) topiary Japanese or 'Niwake' style. Create interest and stylish looks to your garden with Japanese pruning techniques.
We take an old boxwood plant and show you how to turn it into topiary sculpture.
Excellent for a showpiece in a small garden, a courtyard or even growing a container.
Key Moments
00:00 Introduction to Cloud pruning Buxus.
00:48 Finding the Main Stem
01:23 Pruning away unwanted stems
02:11 Cleaning the lower stems
04:41 Staking stems to desired position
04:56 Example of 6 month Cloud pruned plant
05:03 Example of mature Cloud pruned boxwood.
