"He who plants a tree plants hope." -Lucy Larcom

Today we planted two trees: a Sango Kaku Japanese Maple and a Norway Spruce. We planted the spruce in the front left side of our garden and the Japanese Maple is in the back.



This particular kind of Japanese Maple is famous for the red bark that we are hoping will add color to the garden - especially in the winter.
Speaking of color - here are some other new additions to the garden. We are adding an aster and a creamy yellow rose bush. The plants were on sale and I couldn't resist them when we bought the trees today.