This year in the garden, all the plants and flowers in my garden have been weeks later than usual in coming into flower or leaf, but at last my acers have made it and it was worth the wait.

I’m really lucky that I can grow acers as I know lots of people have difficulty with them. Their leaves are very delicate so they do tend to frazzle and burn in hot sunshine or wind.

We have a high wall at the bottom of our garden and I think that it protects them from the worst of the salty wind that you get around here. Very hot sunshine isn’t something that we are plagued by.

I have found that acers are very obliging too. I managed to move quite a large one a couple of years ago with no problem at all. I think as long as you keep them well watered after moving them they are quite happy.