[tw] : Japanese Red Maples

“Japanese Red Maples”
From:	Seth Dillingham	In Response To:	63 Herbophilia
Date Posted:	Friday, May 4, 2001 10:24:47 AM	Replies:	0

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Our neighbor across the street, Herb (how appropriate, eh?), gave us three tiny seedlings of red maple trees, in the summer of 1999. They're Japanese Red Maples.

The bizarre space-alien-looking creatures you see here in the first picture are actually the leaves of these small trees as they're being 'born'.

I used to call these the "babies" of my yard. I won't be able to do that for much longer.

Japanese Red Maple leaf or bizarre space alien? You decide.

August, 1999

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What do you think? Is this a bizarre space alien? A deformed lobster claw? Nah, it's just a "Japanese Red Maple Leaf Nubbin". It's actual size is only about 1/4 of an inch.

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This is what the "tree" looked like just a couple of weeks after it was planted. This was shot at the same time as the "nubbin", above.

The arrow in this picture is pointing at a small red dot, which is the "nubbin" seen above.

April 27, 2001

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This year I took another series of shots, showing new leaf growth on the same tree.

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Bizarre looking, isn't it? These are the first leaves on this tree in 2001. Thankfully, they don't look like this for long (see the next picture).

May 5, 2001

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Here's the whole tree, as of today. It's about two feet tall, and growing steadily. That's pretty good, compared to its five inches of just two years ago. It's two younger siblings, not pictured, are each about 18 inches tall.

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