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Japanese maple. Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’- six years on

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Japanese maple. Acer palmatum ‘Atropurpureum’- six years on

  “Danny can you come down to the garden? I’ve got something spectacular to show you.” In the summer the Rat Room Velux window is open so I can call up to D. I heard him rumbling down the stairs into the kitchen. He stood at the back door. “Wow! Where did that come from?” “It’s that Japanese maple that I bought from Ebay six years ago. It’s been lurking behind the rose bush by the other back door.” “Well it definitely isn’t going to go back there. I want to enjoy it every day.” You’ll probably find this difficult to...

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