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Spirit of the Maple
November 4th, 2009
Poetically, we like to think of winter as the season when decoration and pretense are shed, and—with its structure bared—the true spirit of a tree shines through.
Category: Fall
Autumn Brilliance
October 28th, 2009
Special thanks to photographer member Michel Hersen who was shooting in the Garden today.
Michel Hersen
Michel Hersen
Michel Hersen
Michel Hersen
Michel Hersen
Michel Hersen
Category: Fall
Fall Color Now
October 27th, 2009
Perhaps surprisingly, with some maples at the end of their run, many have just begun to turn.
Category: Fall
Sudden Color
October 19th, 2009
If you have been holding off to see the fall color at its brightest, this week is the time to visit! Some trees have not yet begun to turn while others are reaching their peak, contributing to a vivid patchwork of foliage this year.
Cedric Wiens
Cedric Wiens
Category: Fall
Oranges, Reds, and Purples
October 16th, 2009
The deep reds that have emerged this week wonderfully complement the bouquets of the Chrysanthemum Festival.
Category: Fall
Mid-Way to Maple Color
October 14th, 2009
So far we’ve seen an unusually uneven fall color season, with most laceleaf maples not yet begun and several larger-leaved maples almost at their peak.
Category: Fall
Full Moon Maple
October 3rd, 2009
We like to call this Acer japonicum variety “full moon maple.” In Japan its nickname is hauchiwa ???, meaning “feather fan.”
Cedric Wiens
Category: Fall
Euonymus, the Brocade Tree
October 2nd, 2009
Euonymus alata is known in Japan as nishikigi ??, meaning “brocade tree,” for its wild, interwoven variety of fall colors. In the West it is also known, appropriately enough, as “burning bush.”
Cedric Wiens
The transformation Euonymus makes is remarkable. Within weeks, all the foliage of this tree will be a mass of brilliant magenta.
Category: Fall
Bush Clover in Bloom
September 28th, 2009
A new plant to our Garden, but a very ancient one in Japan, hagi 萩 or “bush clover” is one of the seven plants of autumn. Busheled together with susuki pampas grass, it was a traditional farmers’ offering at harvest time to ensure a good crop in the coming year. It thus became tradition to arrange hagi and susuki at Moonviewing celebrations to help wishes come true.
Cedric Wiens
Hagi under the eaves of the Garden Pavilion.
Shed pine needles and sugigoke moss.
- Link: O-Tsukimi, Moonviewing at the Portland Japanese Garden.
Category: Fall
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