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| How are your maples looking this spring? Here are a few pictures of mine.
Deshojo Japanese Maple
Shantung Maple
Fire Dragon Shantung Maple
Fire Dragon Shantung Maple
Fireglow Japanese Maple
Fireglow Japanese Maple
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- Posted by magoo1 7 (brian.jennings@leggett.com) on Fri, Mar 25, 11 at 16:53
| Our two Fire Dragons are ROCKIN' now.......they were newly planted last April......We planted a new Coral Bark three weeks ago....it's about 9 ft tall and already has new growth.......HUGE sighs of relief from the wife and I.....we planted a Murasaki Kiyohime last year when we planted the Fire dragons and she weathered the hard winter weather and came back with a ROAR this year....already full and dense! |
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- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW Tx (My Page) on Sat, Mar 26, 11 at 9:58
| All of my shantung maples are already full and now are beginning to turn darker green. My Seriyu Japanese maple has put on quite bit of growth already after being planted last fall. I'm curious to see how Skinny Dragon will do this year after being dug up and moved to a new spot. It had grown over 5 feet last year. I planted this Shantung maple that I grew from seed a few years ago because of its cool summer growth which seemed to glow in the sun. It seemed to have deep butter yellow fall color but that remains to be seen if that's the case again this fall. Metro Maples gave me Blaine's Dragon to try out last year (a tiny one) and I had to grow it in the container to grow several feet before planting it in the front yard last fall because kids and dogs tend to run across the yard. Now we wait 7-8 months for fall color! |
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- Posted by jscaldwell Zone 8a/8b TX (My Page) on Sun, Mar 27, 11 at 12:56
| Here are a couple of ours. Should I be concerned about the buds on the JM that havent leafed out yet?
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Ryusen  Shishio hime Beni maiko Kagiri nishiki If you want to see more you can check out my blog: |
Here is a link that might be useful: My garden blog
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- Posted by houstontexas123 z9 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 6:10
 Glowing Embers, Emperor 1, Osakazuki, Sango Kaku |
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- Posted by northtexas 7 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 29, 11 at 22:33
| I planted my fire dragon last September. I am loving it! Lou, do you have any pictures of the Skinny Dragon? I also have one but it looks like a stick with leaves growing out of it right now. Magoo, I put a Murasaki Kiyohime in a pot on my front porch last weekend and now all my friends are accusing me of engaging in illegal agriculture. Jscaldwell, I do not think I would be worry about those unopened buds but I am an uber rookie with these trees so my opinion means nothing! Beautiful pictures everyone! Fire Dragon pictures taken 3-27.
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- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW Tx (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 9:54
It looked like a foot tall stick last year. Who knows if it was a voodoo mixture of fish fertilizer, Biozome, molasses, humic acid, Mycogrow (sp?), etc that helped it grow that much??? |
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- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW Tx (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 10:20
| This one that I grew from a seed a few years ago and was growing in 15g containers. I picked best one of all mainly because of this summer growth color and nice form and leaf shape.
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- Posted by northtexas (My Page) on Wed, Mar 30, 11 at 22:25
| Wow! I hope mine grows that much this year! |
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| gorgeous pics guys. Here is one of mine.
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- Posted by northtexas (My Page) on Tue, Apr 5, 11 at 21:54
| Wow what is that one Evan? Here is the fire dragon today. It has already grown nine inches this spring!
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- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW Tx (My Page) on Thu, Apr 14, 11 at 18:31
| Skinny Dragon... Love that tree for its leaf shape.
Front - Blaine's Dragon planted last fall.
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| Love the pics! I made some 1-2ft purchases last fall. Ko-no-ito, Red Filigree Lace, Beni Shi En, Peaches N Cream, Toyama Nishki, and Fireglow. Wish I had taken pictures, they all looked awesome this spring, though tiny :) I took a chance and just planted them in the ground last fall, rather than potting them up. Amazed that they made it thru the winter and look so good! |
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| It's a crimson queen northtexas. sorry so long, haven't logged in for a while! |
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