How did Fairy Hair not make the top 5? Honorable Mention? Wow! Talon has so so many great introductions it would be so difficult to put them in any order without having to change them around every time you look at the list. But Fairy Hair should definitely have been on this list.

So glad I found this! As you're talking, your site is open in another tab, where I look further at everything you're talking about.

Ghost origins, would be a fun podcasts for the future. I would love a episode like that.. especially if talon could be talked into another podcast.

All awesome trees. I didn’t know here found/ named most of these. I loved learning the history behind the trees. #japanesemaples

In my humble opinion, and I truly mean humble - I have so much respect for you guys, having met you and visited the nursery twice, and having learned so much from you - this list puts way too much emphasis on cultivars that look great for just a few weeks in the spring and that's it. Or more specifically, the photo of a single leaf in the spring looks spectacular, but the tree in your yard in mid-summer from 20 feet away is completely uninspiring. Perfect example is Purple Ghost. Of course, finding exactly the right spot for it is important to keep it looking its best, but every specimen I've ever seen by July is just a so-so looking scraggly tree with a crumpled plain red leaf showing minimal reticulation. No one gets excited about a humble classic like Beni Kawa (for example) anymore, but for my money, like many other now overlooked classics, it way outshines any of these ghost/post-ghost cultivars by looking fabulous absolutely every single day of the year. My 2c worth, and I'm sure it's not even worth that. P.S. I just bought a Celebration from you guys, now looking forward to spring! Ha

I love my Yellow Threads acer!! Gorgeous!

When I bought Celebration 2 years ago I was pretty "meh" on it. But good lord it survived a deer eating every leaf and some branches and bounced back even harder this year. The form factored and coloring is incredible and I've been blown away. I moved it in front of my Jordan this Spring and look at that pairing every day.

LOL! Granny ain't feeling so good so I got her a plant.

I cannot wait for AP ‘Green Tea’

You guys are amazing! I have over 75 japanese maples now and this video is making me order at least 5 more ;-) #japanesemaples

On a more serious note, given your comments about the heritage of a given plant as it relates to its parent, is it possible that the entire set of DNA for maples exists in every plant and only certain genes are activated to produce the actual plant? And I wonder also, have y'all thought about CRISPR and what that might bring for creating new sub-species?

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Hi guys 😄Question. Those plants behind You are just dry or plastic? You do have so many evergreens there. This doesn't suit to You 😉🤪 (my opinion). Maybe something alive would be better. Big thanks for everything You do 💞