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UNUSUAL AND LESSER KNOWN JAPANESE MAPLES©
Article number
1014_23
Pages
123 – 127
Language
English
Abstract
I have been an avid Japanese maple fan since I can remember.
As a young boy I grew up in Oregon, the mecca of Japanese maples outside of Japan.
Some believe they actually grow better in Oregon than they do in Japan! Our mild climate favors their culture.
I find the topic of this presentation to be daunting and almost impossible to present properly, because a Japanese maple tree means so many different things to different people.
The one thing I believe we can all agree on is that the dynamic diversity and unusual liveliness of these trees speaks to us in a language of their own.
Some are soft spoken and shy like Fairy Hair, others bold and loud like Ōsakazuki and others peaceful a strange word to use for a plant I know, but I think we can agree it is a suitable fit, especially when standing before a naked 100-year-old dissectum gnarled yet truthful showing all its wounds, its faults, but mostly its grace.
As a young boy I grew up in Oregon, the mecca of Japanese maples outside of Japan.
Some believe they actually grow better in Oregon than they do in Japan! Our mild climate favors their culture.
I find the topic of this presentation to be daunting and almost impossible to present properly, because a Japanese maple tree means so many different things to different people.
The one thing I believe we can all agree on is that the dynamic diversity and unusual liveliness of these trees speaks to us in a language of their own.
Some are soft spoken and shy like Fairy Hair, others bold and loud like Ōsakazuki and others peaceful a strange word to use for a plant I know, but I think we can agree it is a suitable fit, especially when standing before a naked 100-year-old dissectum gnarled yet truthful showing all its wounds, its faults, but mostly its grace.
Authors
M. Murphy
Keywords
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