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Japanese maple up for grabs...

Dear Medit-Plants folks -

A customer came into the nursery I work at today and asked me to post 
the following message. I realize its the wrong time of the year to move 
maples and its bigger than most of us can handle but just in case 
someone has the equipment and inclination, here is the story...

15 ft. tall x 10 ft. wide Japanese Maple with 10 inch diameter trunk 
needs to be moved from present Berkeley, California site in the next 
week or two. Its up for grabs for whoever wants it, otherwise it is 
being chopped down. Email Larry at larabea@well.com

Its actually raining tonight for the first time since February! The air 
is so clean and the sound of big fat raindrops is making me homesick 
for some of the previous places I have lived and gardened in (Humboldt 
County in the extreme corner of NW California and New England). Both 
places have many more months of rain than the San Francisco Bay Area, 
especially this year. The gutters actually had water flowing down them 
this evening! A most novel situation this spring which has been warm, 
dry and summer-like with alternating days of fog and/or sun. Hopefully 
all the dust on the leaves of plants will be washed away, with greener 
leaves and browner barks to greet us in the morn!

A few weeks ago I visited Strybing Arboretum and strolled thru the 
California native plant section. The orange poppies, blue Ceanothus, 
pink Sidalceas, yellow Limnanthes douglasii, purple Douglas Iris, blue 
Sisyrinchiums and lots more were all in bloom creating swaths and spots 
of color.  Its always so refreshing and reassuring to see the seasons 
of life around you. Every year the same, every year a little bit 
different. Every year the same eyes see old familiar sights and find 
new treasures.  Every year you bring something different to the scene 
and every year the scene has changed in subtle and sometimes dramatic 
ways. Every year you take away a slightly different memory of the 
experience. Thats why every spring I visit places like Strybing 
Arboretum, Tilden Botanic Garden and Bear Valley in Colusa County, 2 
hours north of the SF Bay Area. We all have our favorite places to 
visit at  certain times of the year. Otherwise it just wouldn't feel 
like spring or fall or whatever season your experiencing.

I once saw a slide show of pictures taken every day at the same bridge 
looking up a creek in southern Pennyslvania. As the 365 days clicked 
away there were so many changes to the plants, the creeks bank, a log 
floating by, a tree falling into the stream, etc. Some people see many 
places or learn a little about each spot or grow many different flowers 
at least once, learning a little about a lot of different plants while 
others learn the nuances of one particular place and may only grow a 
few different types of plants but know those plants very well. Its 
always a joy to be exposed to artists of either persausion.

Ernie
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