Cudrania cochinchinensis 25/4 Restock Japanese maples

Japanese maples

so a light pruning after the main flush meaningfully extends the season

peppercorn-like seed capsules that follow the flowers and hang on through winter

exuberant growth

an old use that modern research on the leaf's triterpenes continues to explore

Cudrania cochinchinensis 25/4 Restock Japanese maplesThis spiny, sprawling, half vining shrub carries glossy evergreen leaves and a tangle of thorns. Sometimes classified as a Maclura and related to the native Osage orange, cockspur thorn ranges widely across eastern Asia and south to Australia, yet stays rare and little known in North America, familiar mostly to a few bonsai enthusiasts. Woodlanders first met this plant years ago at Pinewood Estate, a winter home built in the 1930s in the exclusive