Tag Archive: yamadori

Jul
10

Privet development

I’ve been quite pleased with how quickly the privet grows, although it is a two-edged sword. It also means quite a bit more work, but it is great to see development in one season rather than several. It took me a bit to catch on that it needed defoliating to reveal the structure and make [...]

Apr
29

Collected Privet-Urban Yamadori

Or “urbandori” if we feel the need to combine the languages. This was part of a hedge planted at Pavement Ends years ago. I collected it April 1, 2009, as the hedge had started to swell buds. This is the only tree in the hedge with anything like a single trunk, so I doubt I’ll [...]