How Do They Do That?: Shino-Tsukuri or ‘Driving Rain’

Posted in Behind the Scenes, Exhibitions on October 3 2011, by Ann Rafalko

There are only three more days before the beautiful kiku join the serene Fall Flowers of Japan in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. On Wednesday, October 5, these specially trained Japanese chrysanthemums, or kiku will go on display. In anticipation, we’re taking an in-depth look at these fascinating flowers.

The shino-tsukuri, or ‘Driving Rain,’ display features Edo, a variety of kiku, trained into a shape that resembles driving rain.

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Previous Days in the Kiku Countdown:

Kiku Classification: Anemone, Spoon, and Quill

How Do They Do That?: Kengai or ‘Cascade’

Kiku Classification: Decorative, Intermediate Incurve, Pompom, and Single and Semi-Doubles

How Do They Do That?: Ozukuri or ‘Thousand Bloom’

Kiku Classification: Irregular Incurve, Reflex, and Regular Incurve