It makes a serene addition to any space – indoor or outdoor – by producing rhythmic water sounds through the gentle striking of bamboo against stone. For patio-bound features, we'd recommend fashioning your own basin from a large planter, decorated with rocks and some pond-friendly plants to save money. Shishi-odoshi ( 鹿威し) (literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals that pose a threat to agriculture, including kakashi ( scarecrows), naruko (clappers) and sōzu.

Just place the fountain on the rim of any bowl, plug the pump in, and enjoy the relaxing ambiance of flowing water. Best planted in spring so that the food reserves in the rhizome are used to produce a good flush of fresh canes in summer. If you still have concerns about your cypresses in summer please don't hesitate to contact us again. They are spectacular in big pots on the patio, and an ideal bamboo for small gardens but they also form a neat, dense and easy-care non-trim hedge.It’s also perfect choice to compliment larger leaved plants with a similarly tropical look, such as Fatsia japonica or hardy bananas. They then green up, and unfurl masses of tiny thin green leaves, which are evergreen so last all year round. The plug section of the water feature kit is not weatherproof and so will need to either be plugged inside a socket inside the home, with the wire being fed out into the garden, or used in conjunction with an outdoor weatherproof socket or dribox. Known in Japan as a Shishi-Odoshi, which translated to deer-frightened, they were conceived to frighten animals that pose a threat to agriculture.

Most of the time, these pumps come with suction cups to keep them in place, but you may need to weigh it down with gravel too. Japanese devices made to frighten animals that pose a threat to agriculture A shishi-odoshi breaks the quietness of a Japanese garden with the sound of a bamboo rocker arm hitting a rock. And can be transported around your home for you to enjoy the benefits no matter where you have chosen to spend your relaxing time. As Primrose says: "Place for water to sit, place for water to run, big hollow for water to gather, hollow can pivot, thing the hollow hits when empty.You can amplify your fountain’s trickling water sounds by leaving a bit more space between the water level and the top of your basin.