Japanese Maple Leaves - PaD 3/17/07

Japanese Maple Leaves
Originally uploaded by dewelch.

The Japanese Maple thinks Spring has arrived here in Van Nuys and has started pushing out its beautiful burgundy leaves. This is one of my favorite plants in the garden as it reminds me of the maple trees in my Ohio hometown and also because it has such a wonderful color.

You can read more about the state of my garden in A Gardener's Notebook and see more pictures from the garden in my Flickr Account.