Bill has been working on Phase 3 of our Japanese garden. I bought an array of Japanese maples, a loblolly pine (a reminder of Mississippi), an unusual pine and a hemlock.

I noticed a special tree on my drives back and forth. It had a white bark, lime green leaves, and oh my, was it beautiful! I needed to identify it, as it seemed to be a birch, but all the birches I have seen are rough, gray and not white at all. I contacted a naturalist, but no response. Then Bill found it! It is an aspen (Populus tremuloides), also called Popple.

I remember riding on a dirt road outside of Jackson, Wyoming, and coming up a hill. On either side of the road, all the way to the road, were these incredible trees — aspens! Ever since I have been in love with them!

Although Disney told us aspens only grow i

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