First leaves of 2011

I am going to make a real effort to go to Belgium, it sounds really great. And not too too far for once! :)

-E

 

Simply breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.

 

For me the first is my Iijima Sunago - I brought it indoors a few weeks ago from my garage and now it is really moving right along...

This New England weather has been playing all kinds of games - we had snow on April 1st, go figure.

Best Regards,
CSL

 

The earliest leafers such as 'Katsura' and the Himes are more or less fully expanded here now. The late season Japanese maples are still in bud, but the mid-season ones are getting interesting:

 

Took these pictures yesterday...

 

ghost serie is my preferite :)

 

pics date 07 04 2011

 

Alex

can you tell us the names of the trees? It looks like you have some different types of maples in the photos

 

pictum Usugumo,palmatum Taylor,palmatum Fujinami nishiki, crategifolium Veitchii,rufinerve Sunshine :)

 

Beni Maiko, Orange Dream, Shidava Gold.

 

about half my maples are starting to push new growth in a couple of weeks i anticipate most will be fully pushing.

golden full moon
trompenburg
olsens frosted strawberry
shindeshojo
orange dream (my rex fic rhododendron in the background-one of my faves)

 

here are some more....

aratama
peaches and cream
taiyo nishiki
beni makio
coral bark
purple ghost

 

First ghost and Maimori

 

Alex

can you get a close up of a leaf or two of your first ghost, the color of it is interesting.

 

agree i want one! didn't know the color would be that bold when it pushes new growth

 

the pics are in HD with the zoom of pc is possible watch the leaves more big,another pics are buergerianum Hana chiru sato and shirasawanum Jordan
i not change the color with photo corrector !:)

 

here are some of the trees for 2011, Bonfire, shin deshojo and a couple himes

 

here are some close ups, the photos are labeled as per the tree

 

finally something to look at

 

here are some more new growth, LOVE this time of the year!