I'm having the foldout framed. What a picture! I love that area. Been there many times.
No problem at all. I use a lot of Western Red Cedar woodchips combined with their leaves with no ill effects. It makes a great mulch! The reason...
I have five. Two aren't looking too good. The branch tips look real stubby. There is a bug that infests them here in the lowlands that isn't a...
South is to the right of the picture and is relatively unobstructed. Those plants in pots get moved around at times. 'knaptonensis' is now in the...
I am not able to keep up maintaining my garden. It is slowly getting ahead of me. Pruning is becoming more and more time consuming. I'm fairly...
I have been working on my garden for 30 years. It used to be a pasture for horses and cows. The good pictures come from good pruning and carrying...
I knew you guys would like it. ;-) Thanks. Mike
Here's a slideshow of Maples in my garden here near Seattle, Wa. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/slideshow/575114759sVUhDY
Very nice! I always enjoy pictures of your garden.
I have several 'Knaptonensis' in almost all full sun. I make sure they have adequate water during the summer so they won't burn. Planted in the...
Has that been sheared to the point of almost being unrecognizable?! I guess it has been to conform with an Alpine garden scene. Left alone, it...
You could be right. I know I didn't cut any branches off anywhere. It came with a long straight trunk and no signs of a graft. There are a couple...
My neighbor here in Maple Valley, Wa. has one about 20 years old. It's not 20 ft. yet. At my recommendation he has pruned it to have the...
It's about 18 yrs old with no signs of a graft. It looks like it was rooted and then staked for awhile. Propagation is in the Fall around the...
Congratulations Jaro on your acquisitions! My Araucarioides is doing fine at about six feet. No sign of a graft. I will take a picture later...
