Hello!
I would like to train a niwaki specimen on a garden slope into a shape resembling “semi cascade,” with about a width of 1.5 m (4-5 feet).
Does anyone have a sense of whether I would benefit from either the vigor of the species Mugo pine, or instead by choosing a cultivar that more closely matches my desired tree size (say, pumilio or mops)?
I appreciate the openness to a bit of a noob question. I’ve read Jake Hobson’s niwaki book but beyond that find it difficult to find information on niwaki - and I’m struggling in particular to understand the relationship between the desired niwaki specimen size and the size of the chosen tree species/cultivar.
I would like to train a niwaki specimen on a garden slope into a shape resembling “semi cascade,” with about a width of 1.5 m (4-5 feet).
Does anyone have a sense of whether I would benefit from either the vigor of the species Mugo pine, or instead by choosing a cultivar that more closely matches my desired tree size (say, pumilio or mops)?
I appreciate the openness to a bit of a noob question. I’ve read Jake Hobson’s niwaki book but beyond that find it difficult to find information on niwaki - and I’m struggling in particular to understand the relationship between the desired niwaki specimen size and the size of the chosen tree species/cultivar.