by Patricia Smyth
November 21, 2018
Growing Japanese Maples in containers is a long term project. The maples can live to be over 100 years old. The Japanese consider them ancestral and pass the trees from generation to generation.
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by Patricia Smyth
November 21, 2018
Shipping plants is all about timing. It is a challenge to coordinate the growth cycles of the trees with the climate where they are grown, and the climate where they are being shipped.
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by Patricia Smyth
November 21, 2018
The Japanese refer to the maples as the ‘little girls’ and the pines as the ’fathers’. In their native habitat the pines provide protection from the intense sun and wind.
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