How to cut your grass the GREEN way my friends!  Wanna get a tandem for my two lads. Beats the nintendo any day, not that they have one!

Acer sempervirens

A wee gem , and a toughie too considering it comes for Crete, higher up though, after about ten years mine has produced the wholly sum of two seeds this year, please do not let those pesky mice or birds (or chickens) get them, I really want to wait till they are ready and then sow them! 
Eight feet high so far and the interior leaves are evergreen in case you are confused by the genus name. 
This would be a great bonsai subject. 
Perhaps I should try some hardwood cuttings but do not expect a roaring success with this method, it is after all an Acer and as with most Acers they insist on doing things their own way!

One of Acer griseum, a true classic, another of the masterly Mr Ernest Wilson collections

Good to be back

Ah been a while.... too long.
Recently been working on arboricultural related material as I am going to take my arborists exam soon.  This is an area that, yet again, I was inspired to follow by my fathers enthusiasm and knowledge of all things tree related.
Lets just give a mention to some stars of the small garden like the indispensable Acers like A. griseum, A. nikoense and A. triflorum: the tripe crown of the trifoliate group. must check on their status in this group, have those pesky taxonomists been up to more tricks!