I make note of the sun orientation ob our Japanese Maples. Buried in
this URL I found the below quote.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...-control-of-bo
mbs-to-china-s-monopoly.html

Joshua Trees



The trees, protected under California law, will be given new homes after
their precise positions are measured with compasses. Their bark burns in
the desert sun without the right orientation. Even so, only 20 percent
of replanted trees survive, Benfield said.

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Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0JfdP36kI
http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=fr&acc=true