Thursday, March 22, 2007

Maple crisis


Last night there was an air frost in the garden and a thin skin of ice in the morning on the Wbx pond. The Japanese maple leaves are expanding fast and I fear this sudden knee-jerk cold may well kill such tender shoots. They look okay at present, but this can be deceptive.

So, I have photographed them while they still look in good condition. An interesting feature is that these second year leaves are a different shape than those of the first year (see smaller picture) and much more like traditional Japanese maple leaves.

2 comments:

Henri Brocklebank said...

We morn the loss of the maple...natureis fragile and the maple has reminded us of this!

Henri Brocklebank said...

We morn the maple. Nature is fragile and the maple has shown this to us!