Appreciation: Leaves under attack in Victoria

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    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    I'm not asking what has been eating these leaves, am just posting this for appreciation. I was in Victoria last weekend and had an hour or so to walk around the Hillside area (is that a named area? I noted that there is a street called Mt. Stephen Ave, so maybe it's the Mt. Stephen area, a name that amused me a lot - it's a little hilly there, that's all). Anyway, these photos are all from around the same intersection, I think Kings and Asquith. The first is probably Aesculus hippocastanum, horse chestnut.
    Aesculus_KingsAsquith-Victoria_Cutler_20180929_165034.jpg Aesculus_KingsAsquith-Victoria_Cutler_20180929_165039.jpg

    Here is a very nice ornamental cherry, looks just like a real tree, either not grafted or low grafted; I've no idea what cultivar.
    OrnamentalCherry_KingsAsquith-Victoria_Cutler_20180929_165212.jpg OrnamentalCherry_KingsAsquith-Victoria_Cutler_20180929_165109.jpg

    Quercus garryana, Garry Oak; the third photo is an almost dead tree next to it.
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    What surprised me was this beautiful Acer palmatum, Japanese maple, on the same intersection, with not even one bite missing from any of its leaves.
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    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    Well, of course it's not just in Victoria that the leaf eaters are happy. Here are Petasites hybridus from UBC Botanical Garden.
    Petasites-hybridus_UBCBG_Cutler_20181003_P1370100.jpg Petasites-hybridus_UBCBG_Cutler_20181003_P1370101.jpg Petasites-hybridus_UBCBG_Cutler_20181003_P1370102.jpg
     

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