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And some darker A rubrum leaves on a different plant.
Even the local native maples are beginning to leaf out. Acer rubrum sapling with its leaves pictured today, 3 weeks after its flowers.
Thank you, D! Yes, I agree about Nature. I have come to rely heavily on local predators to keep the numbers of chipmunks and rabbits in check,...
Green palmatum seedling with very small leaves.
And not a maple, but a great companion plant for maples, Fothergilla (same soil preferences). Just like the maples, it has a great fall color...
Some red ones this morning: a seedling with dark red-brown large leaves (15 cm across), Shindeshojo (2x), and a dissectum seedling.
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 beautiful...
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 sadly had...
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. I hope...
Flowers
A couple of trees in a small courtyard in New Haven, Connecticut.
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 things dug up...
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 than 7 feet...
Alain, your seedlings are lovely! I find myself liking generic palmatum green seedlings more and more. I have spread quite a few around the yard....
It’s about normal timing, D. The last few nights have been very cold and maybe that slowed things down, but not by much.
