On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:55:02 +0000, Jeff Layman wrote:

On 12/12/2013 19:25, Emery Davis wrote:

It's been estimated that only 1 in 3 Japanese maples, planted in the
ground, survives...

Let's see...I've got 3 in the ground, to be joined by another 3 next
spring. Do I /really/ need to get the calculator out? Sigh...

If it's any comfort, I don't think my luck is that bad. I suppose I've
got around 50 palmatum cultivars (not many by collector's standards, but
then I don't collect these cultivars particularly). But there are time
when it certainly _feels_ that bad... :/



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