{"id":921,"date":"2008-03-02T14:20:55","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T19:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/03\/02\/great-garden-combinations\/"},"modified":"2010-10-09T21:31:45","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T01:31:45","slug":"great-garden-combinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2008\/03\/02\/great-garden-combinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Garden Combinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/104\/306398715_49775ad925_o.gif\" alt=\"Join Green Thumb Sunday\" \/><\/a><\/center><center><a href=\"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/garden\/2006\/06\/23\/green-thumb-sunday\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Join<\/a><\/center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/725127909\/\" title=\"Japanese maple and Hosta Gold Standard by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dragonden\/725127909\/\" title=\"Japanese maple and Hosta Gold Standard by triciawd, on Flickr\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1025\/725127909_dcdcf34963.jpg\" alt=\"Japanese maple and Hosta Gold Standard\" height=\"340\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The year after we landscaped our backyard and created our raised garden beds we purchased a lovely Tamukeyama cutleaf Japanese maple.  As you can see from the photo above it&#8217;s branches cascade downward, it&#8217;s leaves are narrow and delicate and bright burgundy &#8211; red most of the growing season.  It&#8217;s absolutely gorgeous.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<div class=\"912745ff53504cd4aef8ff3ef7b9aa95\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* gardengrows_300x250inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"4054669721\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>It will never be a very big tree. I believe at most it will be five feet tall.  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