wrote:
In a message dated 5/15/05 12:06:43 AM, Steve writes:

being the leaves are purple. are they grafted trees? Good purple color
sometimes are.


Many of the Atropurpureum type Japanese maples produce abundant seedlings.
The only drawback to using them in a forest planting is that no two are exactly
alike. If you want a uniform appearance, you have to use cuttings.
Iris

Which raises the question "why would you WANT a uniform
appearance?"

Too many bonsai look artificial already.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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