Again and again

This week, I’ve received several packages of plants ordered from West Coast mailorder nurseries. These are mostly favorites for small gaps in shaded areas such as jack-in-the-pulpits (Arisaema) and mayapples (Podophyllum), but I also ordered thirteen one-year Japanese maple grafts. Isn’t the garden already too overcrowded to add so many trees, you ask? Of course,…