Indiana Gardener
Feb 22, 2008, 04:42
I hope this is the right place to post this, I didn't really know what it would fall under, but I suppose gardening is an art form?
Several years ago I purchased a willow tree from a nursery here in the US. Neither the nursery I got it from or an arborist I asked about it could really tell me much about it except that it was a dwarf form of Salix babylonica called 'Rokkakudo'. It was suposedly exported to Japan from Korea at the same time as porcelain technology.
I've done google searches in Japanese for 柳 六角堂 and some nice pics come up, but I've not really been able to find out how old that tree is and how tall it is.
I was wondering if anyone has ever been to Kyoto and seen the tree to know its height and spread?
My tree is around 5 years old now and still just nearly 7 ft tall.
I recently did a trade for some plants with an Assistant Professor of Forest Pathology who teaches dendrology. One variety I traded with him for is Salix 'Yatsubusa'. It's supposed to be another dwarf willow. We were both wondering if maybe it's a synonym for the 'Rokkakudo' willow? I've searched for 柳 ヤツブサ, but found nothing.
Don't know if any of you here are gardeners or not, but I was hoping maybe you've seen either of these plant names before or at least seen the 'Rokkakudo' willow in Kyoto to know its approximate height? My guess from the pics is about 20 ft, but not sure.
Hopefully I can figure out how much room 'Yatsubusa' will require in my garden. Neither I nor the guy I traded with knows its ultimate size. Maybe I can take a guess based on 'Rokkakudo' if I knew its ultimate size.
Thanks!
Several years ago I purchased a willow tree from a nursery here in the US. Neither the nursery I got it from or an arborist I asked about it could really tell me much about it except that it was a dwarf form of Salix babylonica called 'Rokkakudo'. It was suposedly exported to Japan from Korea at the same time as porcelain technology.
I've done google searches in Japanese for 柳 六角堂 and some nice pics come up, but I've not really been able to find out how old that tree is and how tall it is.
I was wondering if anyone has ever been to Kyoto and seen the tree to know its height and spread?
My tree is around 5 years old now and still just nearly 7 ft tall.
I recently did a trade for some plants with an Assistant Professor of Forest Pathology who teaches dendrology. One variety I traded with him for is Salix 'Yatsubusa'. It's supposed to be another dwarf willow. We were both wondering if maybe it's a synonym for the 'Rokkakudo' willow? I've searched for 柳 ヤツブサ, but found nothing.
Don't know if any of you here are gardeners or not, but I was hoping maybe you've seen either of these plant names before or at least seen the 'Rokkakudo' willow in Kyoto to know its approximate height? My guess from the pics is about 20 ft, but not sure.
Hopefully I can figure out how much room 'Yatsubusa' will require in my garden. Neither I nor the guy I traded with knows its ultimate size. Maybe I can take a guess based on 'Rokkakudo' if I knew its ultimate size.
Thanks!