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[Blackbird]

Yeah. I copied it into Google Lens and all that came up were examples of topiary. It seems to be a thing, but it must take hours to do.

I had to look up the precise meaning of "topiary" and then found a short article on "Japanese cloud-pruning" in the Wikipedia. And the tree above is in a Japanese garden. So yes, fits.

A cloud tree is a tree shaped using topiary techniques. The leaves are pruned into a ball or cloud shape, leaving the stems thin and exposed. The shape of the tree as a whole resembles a set of clouds.

Cloud trees differ from bonsai trees because they are not miniature. Typically, cloud trees are planted in plain soil, rather than in pots.

Similarly to bonsai, the practice of shaping cloud trees comes from Japan, deriving from a Japanese style of gardening known as Niwaki.

Link to the Wiki

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

I had to look up the precise meaning of "topiary" and then found a short article on "Japanese cloud-pruning" in the Wikipedia. And the tree above is in a Japanese garden. So yes, fits.


Link to the Wiki

Interesting. Apt name as they do look like clouds.

 

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