Winter Planting

Karen and I planted two Autumn Fantasy Maples (Acer freemanii) on Sunday, 2/4/07. These trees are a new hybrid of red maple and silver maple. They provide bright red fall color, even in warm climates. They are reputed to be fast-growing, strong-limbed, and can tolerate alkaline soils and drought. For Sunset zones 1-9, 14-24. Karen purchased both of the trees at Kathy Goodin's Nursery in Proberta. Kathy got the trees from Dave Wilson's Nursery in Reedley, CA.



Here I test out the size of the hole. Looks like enough room for all the roots to spread comfortably and for the proper planting height.



Karen admires some nice roots on this maple specimen.



We now have three maples planted in a triangle. It was a lovely cool day for this kind of digging and watering.

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