Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's Japanese maples
While there isn't a horticultural version of the Ten Commandments (that I'm aware of), more than a few gardeners every late autumn across Toronto feel pangs of envy and covetousness while peering at another's Japanese maple.
Well, I do.
(On a side note, I've heard reports of specimen Japanese maples stolen from front gardens (and a cemetery!) in our fair city. Obviously, a different Commandment is being broken here.)
You likely walk past more than a few small landscape trees on your way to work or the store, not really giving much thought to the dark red (wine?) or green leaves. Then, starting in late October for us, it seems that these maples flip a switch and start glowing.
It's mid November now and the Japanese maple show is starting to wind down a little but I was able to capture these photos over the past few weeks showing some unusual Acer palmatum cultivars showing their fall finery at the Toronto Botanical Garden.
I've had mixed success with Japanese maples in my backyard as I've lost two to verticillum wilt: a very nice and expensive "Seiryu" and a very nice and expensive "Osakazuki" (you see the pertinent adjectives?) Of course the Viburnum plicatum Japanese snowballs are growing madly so these spots have been filled nicely.
Oh, by the way, my neighbours don't have a Japanese maple but rather a plastic lawn (artificial turf) installed. No coveting here...
Well, I do.
(On a side note, I've heard reports of specimen Japanese maples stolen from front gardens (and a cemetery!) in our fair city. Obviously, a different Commandment is being broken here.)
You likely walk past more than a few small landscape trees on your way to work or the store, not really giving much thought to the dark red (wine?) or green leaves. Then, starting in late October for us, it seems that these maples flip a switch and start glowing.
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| Acer palmatum "Mikawa Yatsubusa" Japanese maple autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
It's mid November now and the Japanese maple show is starting to wind down a little but I was able to capture these photos over the past few weeks showing some unusual Acer palmatum cultivars showing their fall finery at the Toronto Botanical Garden.
I've had mixed success with Japanese maples in my backyard as I've lost two to verticillum wilt: a very nice and expensive "Seiryu" and a very nice and expensive "Osakazuki" (you see the pertinent adjectives?) Of course the Viburnum plicatum Japanese snowballs are growing madly so these spots have been filled nicely.
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| Acer palmatum "Coonara Pygmy" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Crimson Queen" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum var. dissectum "Waterfall" laceleaf Japanese maple autumn foliage |
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| Acer palmatum "Kagiri Nishiki" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Kamagata" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Kiyo-hime" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Kiyo-hime" Japanese maple fall foliage detail at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Linearlobum" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Mikawa Yatsubusa" Japanese maple autumn foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Mikawa Yatsubusa" Japanese maple fall foliage at theToronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Osakazuki" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum "Trompenburg" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum var. dissectum "Green Hornet" Japanese maple fall foliage at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Acer palmatum var. dissectum "Waterfall" Japanese maple foliage |
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| Fall foliage of Acer palmatum "Linearlobum"Japanese maple at the Toronto Botanical Garden |
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| Laceleaf Japanese maple (Acer palmatum var. dissectum "Waterfall") autumn foliage on display at a client's garden |
Oh, by the way, my neighbours don't have a Japanese maple but rather a plastic lawn (artificial turf) installed. No coveting here...
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