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Another photo from earlier this spring. Note the beautiful shade of red on its first growth! This tree's changes are all beautiful, all welcome.
Henry and Francie of japanesemaples.com are longtime friends of mine. In 2005 I got three plants from them in celebration of purchasing my home,...
One of my favorites, I love watching this grow and change.
Sharp's Pygmy? While during the growing season it is green, it turns a beautiful orange to red in season. Another possibility is Murasaki...
Thanks. One characteristic of the landscape is that it's quite rocky, so any large tree will be impossible to plant. There is perhaps enough...
Well, I presume most insects are a threat. I've been unable to identify this little beast, hopefully someone here can tell me how nasty it will...
This is my first spring with maples in the ground. I have understandably fretted through ice storms and two light snows (6" and 7") in late...
This concerned me too, I have three that kept their dead leaves. My Shigitatsu sawa and Sister Ghost, both in pots, both bothered me quite a bit....
Hi, I have many new Japanese maples, all carefully chosen for placement and accompaniment with other maples and plants. For this particular...
I also recently bought a Felco F-2. A bit pricey as compared with the competition, but I suspect its the only pruner I will ever need to buy.
Here's another, Fire & Ice, a Bihou.
Its been unusually warm in mid-Atlantic states through December and January, and until yesterday's ice storm I hadn't realized that trees were...
Beautiful, thanks for sharing!
There's something beautiful about a winter maple, its bare branches, the long wait to spring. This is my Mikawa Yatsubusa, still potted on the patio.
By the way, my wife jokes that after planting 14 Japanese Maples I now have a beautiful garden of cedar stakes. With 5 dogs I'm afraid my little...
My first mailorder maple, a Winter Flame. I was impressed with packaging and the price, I'm happy. This particular tree is about 4ft in height...
Thanks to you both for your replies, your advice makes sense. Even with those nurseries and vendors who give an indication of growth of a 10 year...
While I understand that several factors are involved, its very frustrating to try and plan a garden based upon information that various online...
After evaluating little gaps here and there I will be expanding the collection this spring to: Beni ubi gohan Bihou Winter Flame Shishi Yatsubusa...
My Purple Ghost is small :) Colors are still burgundy/purple. Since most of these are recently planted and I have 5 dogs, for awhile each is...
