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  1. Nik attached a file to the thread Maples Spring 2024.

    And not a maple, but a great companion plant for maples, Fothergilla (same soil preferences). Just like the maples, it has a great fall...

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  2. Nik attached a file to the thread Maples Spring 2024.

    Some red ones this morning: a seedling with dark red-brown large leaves (15 cm across), Shindeshojo (2x), and a dissectum seedling.

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  3. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer seedlings.

    On the plus side about the stump, it is frequently visited by a pair of pileated woodpeckers (almost every day). They are very large and...

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  4. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer seedlings.

    One more picture of my favorite seedling from the previous post. To the left of it in the back is the stump of a large red oak that we...

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  5. Nik replied to the thread Maples Spring 2024.

    I am so jealous of all of you who get flowers on Japanese maples… I have not seen any for about six years that I have been growing them....

    Apr 24, 2024 at 1:31 PM
  6. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer truncatum.

    Flowers

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  7. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer griseum.

    A couple of trees in a small courtyard in New Haven, Connecticut.

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  8. Nik attached a file to the thread Unusual Acer griseum seedling.

    Disaster ! A chipmunk living in the rocks next to my seedling pots has done a lot of damage last evening. I woke up to see plenty of...

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  9. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer seedlings.

    My favorite seedling is also my first, now 6-years old. It was planted in the yard in its first fall, and it took off. Now it is more...

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  10. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer seedlings.

    Alain, your seedlings are lovely! I find myself liking generic palmatum green seedlings more and more. I have spread quite a few around...

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  11. Nik replied to the thread Acer palmatum 'Ukigumo'.

    It’s about normal timing, D. The last few nights have been very cold and maybe that slowed things down, but not by much.

    Apr 23, 2024 at 12:34 PM
  12. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer palmatum 'Ukigumo'.

    Apr 23 , just waking up.

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  13. Nik attached a file to the thread Acer seedlings.

    A couple of mystery seedlings, both with likely platanoides parentage.

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  14. Nik attached a file to the thread Unusual Acer griseum seedling.

    Another comparison with a normal seeding. Apr 23

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  15. Nik attached a file to the thread Unusual Acer griseum seedling.

    Not much progress for the next three days, Apr 21 (2x), 22 (2x), 23 (2x).

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