Emperor 1 Japanese Maple - Year Two Summer - August 2024
In late Spring/early Summer 2023, I planted a small (1.5 gallon) Emperor 1 Japanese Maple - Acer palmatum in what I call the 'kitchen curved bed' . Right behind/amongst some Fanal Astilbes. By last Fall, it was showing a little bit of new growth and put on new foliage . A good sign. This Spring, it was one of a few trees that I wrapped in tulle - to protect from cicadas. Doing that, wasn't great for the tree and damaged some of the tips of the tree along the way. No big deal because the trade-off of a few broken small branches vs. the tree getting killed by the cicadas seemed worth taking. This was also a spot where I did a 'garden edit'. Moving a border of Ajuga Chocolate Chip in and widening out the front of the bed this Spring. I removed the netting more than a month ago and today, the tree is rebounding a little bit. Below is a look at the current state of our second Emperor 1 Japanese Maple: Looking forward to this one fil...