Three Japanese Maples LOST - First Ghost, Inaba Shadire, Seiryu - June 2024
It is finally time to call a couple of dead trees: Three Japanese Maples didn't come back this Spring. They tried - leaf'd out from the graft - but now...they are foliage-free. Two of them are from Mr. Maple - the upright Seiryu Japanese Maple and First Ghost - back by the firepit. Both...are now on the LOST TREES list. The Seiryu is one that I really was keen to see grow as I planted it in the shadow of the dying Flowering Cherry Tree. That tree died last year, and now the JM is gone, too. That leaves a big empty opportunity for a shade-tolerant tree. The last one was the Inaba Shadire high-grafted tree. Below are a couple of photos showing the skeletons of these Japanese Maples. First the Seiryu followed by First Ghost. Sadly...these are the fourth Japanese Maples that didn't make it just this year - with the unknown laceleaf tree from the orange big box store was pulled and replaced by an Emperor 1 earl...