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By Mary Beth Martin
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Eastwoods’ Nurseries grows over 250 varieties of incredibly beautiful and expensive Japanese maples at the foot of Rappahannock’s Long Mountain. Henry Eastwood said he tried to raise, ground cover and pigs (they were delicious, he said) but nothing worked out to be a good investment, until he discovered Japanese maples in 1990. Not only that, they are amazing plants with their own spiritual quality, he said.
He talks about each of his trees the way a parent speaks about his or her child and he has 9,000 trees, including many young ones which need constant care.
When at home, he mows, weeds, prunes, wires, waters and fertilizes trees from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily. A greenhouse protects the youngest and most delicate trees and Eastwood just installed a Ttape drip irrigation system to help water his trees which suffered from the drought this past summer.
The key to making it a successful business has been in the marketing. These are hardy plants that are objects of interest, said Eastwood, and his mission is to make a place for Japanese maples in the landscape design world.
He spends a considerable amount of time, energy and money carrying his trees to garden shows from New Orleans to New York.
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