Ann Loves Plants

Tag: Acer

  • Ode to the Japanese Maple in the Back Garden during Autumn

    When the house was first purchased, not long after my Wasband and I married in April of 2004, my mother purchased this weeping Japanese Maple for us from a nursery out in Clackamas County. If you know anything about the nursery trade in Oregon, there are certain plants or trees which are raised like puppies…

  • Silver Falls State Park: Returning to the Wilderness

    Yesterday, for the first time in over a decade, I returned to the Oregon woods by going for an 8-mile hike in Silver Falls State Park. It was my first significant long-distance hike in a long time and it went so well that I’m excited to think I’ll be able to delve deeper into more remote…