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Trimming ‘the five Islands of immortality’ topiary box

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To the left of the front entrance, beside the drive we used box to represent  Hõrai-jima, ‘symbol of the islands of the Blest’ (Taoist myth) sometimes represented as mountainous islands, houraiseki. Here ‘the five Islands of immortality’. These islands where thought to float in a remote sea, carried on the backs of giant turtles. […]

September 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Flora, Garden activities, Pruning evergreens | Comments are closed