Garden Design, Planting & Plants By Us Amy’s Japanese-themed atrium design. The light well created here frames the composition and creates a bold focal point. Plants from left to right: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Globosa Nana’, Photinia glabra, Fatsia japonica. Ferns in forground: Polystichum polyblepharum and an Ilex crenata ‘Niwaki’. Bamboo background: Phyllostachys aureosulcata ‘Spectabilis’. Ilex crenata…
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A slow growing and dense shrub to small tree which can grow to roughly 3metres. Please contact us for stock availability and sizes.
Hardiness level Amber
Everyone’s favourite weeding and planting tool, with a razor sharp, stainless steel knife-grade blade, serrated down one side for roots and what-nots, and a chunky beech wood handle for grip….
View this productWelcome To The Irrigation Station Welcome to our irrigation station. Here, we have all the essentials you need to build a complete system, extend one, or to repair and replenish your existing set up. We have been using this system of components on our nursery and installing them for our customers for over 20 years….
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Welcome to Linda’s ‘Niwaki production zone’. Filmed by our friends, HDmoments, Linda is seen here clipping, Ilex crenata ‘Niwaki’ and among some of her other favourites, Myrtus apiculata, Pinus sylvestris and Taxus cuspidata….
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The Landscape Show 2021 A New Adventure for 2021 Last month Guy and Flo travelled northwards to the NEC Birmingham for the Landscape Show 2021. This was their first time back since 2017 so they were really looking forward to catching up with old friends and seeing what was new. This was a great opportunity…
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Jake Hobson draws upon years of experience with Japanese gardens and landscaping. He spent a year at a nursery in Osaka, and in 2004 started his own business-Niwaki, Japanese Garden Tools. A keen observer of the artistry of gardens, Jake received his bachelor’s degree in sculpture….
View this productJapanese Garden Design Our Concept of fusion Our concept of a Japanese Garden Design is a fusion of form, texture, colour and contrast. We like to bring together plants which are intrinsically synonymous with Japanese aesthetics and plants which are most definitely not, but do by their habit and shaping (topiarising), compliment each other brilliantly….
View this pageAdvice For Home Gardeners Whether your favourite plants are outside or inside they can, unfortunately, easily pick up unwanted pests and disease despite your best efforts. Our guide introduces you to the more common UK pests and how to treat them. It’s by no means definitive, and a wealth of useful information can also be…
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‘The White Glossary’ For the curious and hungry-for-knowledge, the glossary is stuffed with things you need to know to become a gardener. We make a point to weave, thread and insinuate horticultural, meteorological, botanical, geological and evolutionary knowledge through everything we say, write and do. For us this is as much an essential professional horticultural…
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