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Events for children in
Indiana can be found on the Budding Gardener Events page. Please see the
Events Calendar for other family/adult events and
places to visit.
Here's a fun garden or nature drawing for children, our
Budding Gardeners, to color
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Click on pictures to
see an enlarged view to print out and color
Source:
Stefen
Bernath, Mildred E. Faust,
Dover
Publications and the Internet
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The Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) is a deciduous European
tree which occasionally becomes naturalized. The leaves exude a
milky sap if they are severed before fall, with the leaves becoming
yellow in the fall. (A variety, the Schwedler maple, has reddish
leaves in the spring and fall.) The flowers are in ball-like
clusters before the leaves, being yellowish-green or reddish. The
flowers are usually perfect with petals. Hardy in zones 4 to 7, it
generally has a height of 50 feet and also a spread of 50 feet, having
an annual growth rate of 12 to 18 inches. A widely used ornamental
in North American cities, it is one of the most popular shade trees. |
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