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     Marijke & Piet.

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Wisteria sinensis winter pruning

Sagina subulata as moss substitute

Boxwood psyllid or Cacopsylla buxi

Iris “White Knight” (Tall Bearded Iris) in bloom

Midoritsumi or ‘green picking’ the pine-trees

Abundant bloom of our Wisteria sinensis

Groundcover maintenance and mosses unwanted

Fuji Musumè ( 藤娘 ) or “Wisteria Maiden”

Rule 0: Let no plant grow where you did not plant it

Autumn colors and fallen leafs everywhere

Undesired mosses

Trimming ‘the five Islands of immortality’ topiary box

Wisteria sinensis sprouts need continued attention

Trimming the topiary O-karikomi (buxus) sculpture

Trimming the Juniperus media topiary shrubs

Hako-zukuri style Prunus lusitanica “tree” tuning

Bamboo pruning, Pleioblastus pygmaeus

Trimming the Thuja occidentalis hedgerow

Herb garden box-hedge trimming

Ulmus parvifolia, Elm-tree pollarding and thinning