Up the Reds! October 2011

absolutely beautiful sheila

I love Acers this time of year. It is a type of Acer palmatum dissectum but what type I can't say. It looks positively warm to the touch - great this time of year.

Just beautiful.

Lovely set of pics :o)))

Many thanks for your comments, Yorks, Kildermorie, Grandma and Terra. :))

lovely photos Sheila,first 2 pics are beautiful..:o)

You have some beautiful specimens there Sheila. I too love acers, haven't they been spectacular this year?? Epimediums are really useful too, yours are looking good. I have always wanted to grow Cornus kousa chinensis. The fact it needs ericaceous soil has put me off. Have you had yours very long?

Great photos great colours at this time of year!

Thanks very much Joanella - I can't get over that eye-popping red!
Thanks Poppy . . . I've had two other flowering dogwoods for more than five years, which haven't flowered :(( So I bought this one in April this year, and am trying it in a pot - if it flowers next Spring I'll be thrilled.

Absolutely Bill - thank you (love the name!).

Lovely - all of them!

Wonderful photos Sheila , I didn't know the Epimediums liked the shade ,it has made me think that mine are in the wrong place they get the full sun in the afternoon ! Time to move them I think ....

Not 'Emperor' Bilbo - the leaves on that are more purple . . . it might be Acer p. 'Shidare'?

Hi Amy - thanks! We posted at the same time . . . yes, a gardener recommended Epimedium to me for shade, and they do seem happy. :))

Thanks Sheilar!

You cannot beat the Acers for colour can you? love the pics.....

Thank you Dotty. :))

Can't help, Sheila, but what a beauty; Lovely photos.

Thanks Breda. :))

Wow! Spectacular Acer Sheila...and all the rest are lovely as well. Cornus is a wonderful do-er isn't it. I love them all!

Thanks Karen - nice to see you here again!!

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