It's so much fun growing maples from seed. Always looking for the odd one out that could become a top of the shelf specimen... ;-)
On a rainy day: Celebration Autumn Moon Shirazz Amber Ghost Rainbow Sumi Nagashi Amagi Shigure Olsen's Frosted Strawberry Peaches and Cream Lileeanne's Jewel:
Very nice, Julie. My 'Rainbow' has very little variegation this year, except on a lower branch. Anyway, I won't cut off 4/5th of the tree ! The top of the tree with one odd variegated leaf here and there : The bottom branch :
I've heard of those. They mentioned on the News it had rained in Bretagne. We are still waiting in Normandie, and I will very soon have to water new plantings. Here are some more. A lot of the green dissectums are pretty similar, just like a lot of the red dissectums. But they do make good understory plantings, to fill in spaces between upright trees. Here is a chance to rant about two of my favorite Japanese language errors. Firstly, "yatsubusa" [archaically yatsufusa, but the internal 'f', swallowed when fusa is used alone, becomes a 'b' sound in modern Japanese. This is called rendaku.] does not mean "dwarf"! As anyone who has one of these for a long time will testify, they get pretty big. Literally it means eight-bunches (八房), but practically speaking it means tightly-clustered leaves, many bunches. So "yatsubusa" means (rather awkwardly) "a bushy form with many tightly-clustered bunches [of leaves]". Secondly, "Koshimino" is never written as two words, any more than is Raincoat. Which is pretty much what it is: 腰蓑, a koshimino, describes a traditional grass or straw rain garment, worn from the waist downwards like a skirt or kilt. Anyway, roll on Spring, but some rain would be surely welcome. -E
Maybe it's time to start a new thread : bud-breaking is over now, most of our trees are in full leaves, some "red" ones are already turning to green... ;°)
Yikes, not at my place! We don't all live in the tropics. ;) Plenty of maples, even palmatums, still locked up tight. Personally I like to wait a bit after the bud breaks, otherwise they do sort of look the same. I looked at Shoryū-no-tsume today, you can't see the funky long leaves yet. And a lot of the sycamores are locked up tight.
Yep, I'm at the same stage as Emery, plenty still breaking bud! Will try and get some more pics tomorrow...
I just moved mine (hopefully last year in a pot) onto the gravel, not a single bud burst yet on it! That Cascade Ruby is pretty, but doesn't look very red. Does it fade very quickly? Here are some more from the last few days. You may notice many of the red dissectums look alike. :) Edit: correction, the name of the japonicum is Aka-me-ha-uchiwa. I noticed I had misspelled "Akame hauchiwa", and became troubled by this name, so researched it. Here is the note I have just added the the cultivar database: 赤芽羽団扇, Aka-me-ha-uchiwa, means "Feathered Round Fan with Red Buds." Ha-uchiwa is specifically defined as this type of feathered (non-folding) fan, and is specifically hyphenated in Kenkyusha 4th ed. So to not hyphenate it is not only uncompliant bu a grammatical error. (ED)
@emery My Filigree is in a super sheltered spot and shows some lovely cream highlights to the leaves. “That Cascade Ruby is pretty, but doesn't look very red. Does it fade very quickly?” I moved it out to a sunnier location yesterday so will colour up soon. It’s been in a temporary sheltered spot over winter so hasn’t has as much direct sun since bud break as it should get. Ive had this one 2 years and it’s a mid red/maroon colour with yellow, not ruby colour for me, thus far - lasts well and is growing strongly. Will see what it does this year in a sunnier spot. Great pics Emery - Tish caught my eye - seems like a red version of Kinshi…very attractive, not seen that one over here. Do you have Red Feathers? It’s available at a local nursery here..It has quite an interesting dissected leaf, like a dissectum throwback Aka-me-ha-uchiwa also - very pretty
Thanks! I'll post the few left from the set here. Cascade Ruby: I've only seen it otherwise in the marketing shots, looks red there! :) I do like Filigree a lot. Mine should be ready to plant this autumn. Looking forward to see how it does in the ground. I have Suisei as a backup, lol. Aka-me-ha-uchiwa is a great japonicum, very distinct. This is only the second year planted, so looking forward to it getting better established. "Tish" isn't a real cultivar, or not yet. It may deserve it, already nearly 10 years old, staying small with those super-thin leaves. My sister (Tish) picked it out as a small plant, and I've never been able to get it across the channel, even harder now! I may have to try and graft it, and put it in a commercial shipment, but the twigs are really tiny, so not sure how well it will graft. Usugumo is hard to get everywhere... with the restrictions, the UK is pretty much off the map for that one. I've corrected the division of what is usually (and previously by me, too) given as Kinu-gasa-yama, which makes no sense. Here again is my note if anyone is interested in the source of the name: Kinu gasa yama(Esveld), 衣笠山 Kinugasa-yama or Mount Kinugasa, an 870 m mountain in the Unzen range near Kyoto. It is known for a good walking trail and beautiful views.
Aoyagi x2, shira Aureum: Sigitatsu sawa, Aka shigitatsu sawa, Amagi shigure: Some doubles, Milligan with Tennyo-no-hoshi and Helena (light) with selection (dark) : Trompenburg, Manyo-no-sato: Selection and Beni tsukasa:
These are my grafts, they were all grafted July/August last year. I grafted just over 100 and 65 or so have survived and look very promising. In previous years I’ve only ever had 1 or 2 survive but I changed my method last year having watched loads of YouTube videos.
Higasayama Viridis and Ornatum Aka Shigitatsu sawa Peaches and cream Wakehurst pink Flavescens Ariadne Brown sugar
Three more! I went to the Spring meeting of the Maple Society of Europe, swearing I wouldn't buy anything... ^^
Haha if I had a Pound/Euro for every time I said that! Moonrise is a fabulous cultivar, very attractive in all seasons and a fast grower in my experience, even in pots
Ain't it the truth, as the Cowardly Lion said. I wish my Moonrise looked anything like that, it's just been a dull yellow and shrivelled in autumn. Rich your yard is looking awesome as usual. I think I might have to get hold of Wakehurst Pink. Flavescens looking a little yellowish, mine is nice this year too, but don't think I've taken a pic of the whole thing. Your Aka-shigi-tatsu-sawa (yeah I know, sorry...) is looking really nice. @AlainK you survived to tell the tale! Wespelaar, eh? Amazing garden. I like Iso-shibuki, don't think I've ever seen before. It's a great name, I even remembered it (rare), means "Rocky Sea-surge." Here are a few more of mine, hard not to stop and snap at the mo'. Wow, the aphids and snails, though! The sterculiaceum is the one collected from Nagaland. 'Mini Mondo' actually looks really amazing, I don't think the picture does it much justice.
I did ! It was hard not to buy more, even Isabelle bought some plants, Clematis, etc. plus afew gifts from friends. We made a stop at Pascal Gradt's place (don't know if you met him) and gave him a few maples for "la part du colibri", the association he's the president. We took pictures of car-boots/trunks before leaving Belgium, ours was modest in comparison ;-) A visit was added to what was planned, Herman Geers nursery. They have a wide range of incredible dwarf conifers and other trees (that's where I bought my 'Moonrise'. A very friendly welcome too, a must if you go to Boskoop.
Acer Japonicum Ruby, only just out, still colouring up. My Japonicum Meigetsu snuffed it this winter, it turned out to be a runt in the litter and only ever pushed out 8/10 leaves each year for 6years..so I am happy that Ruby is looking good
Thanks Emery. Wakehurst pink gets more and more attractive as the summer progresses- you will not be disappointed!
It is 15+ years old but it has had a hard life, grown in a pot the whole time, and check out the last pic where you can see the remains of the stump of the giant, evil regenerating weed that tried to take over the pot! It looks great at this time of year but tends to green out in the summer. Still one of my favourites. I do not know where the seed was collected from so it is a bit of a mystery what it is related to. Not even 100% sure that it is a Japanese maple rather than a related mainland Asian type, possibly a hybrid. Nice bark too!
1 - Acer Palmatum Peve Multicolor 2 - Acer Palmatum Fujinami 3 - Acer Palmatum crispin Silva Mikawa Yatsubusa / Mystic Mikawa 4 - Acer Shirasawanum Autumn Moon 5 - Acer Palmatum Dragon Master 6 - Acer Palmatum Osakazuki 7 - Acer Palmatum Summer Gold 8 - Acer Palmatum Rainbow 9 - Acer Palmatum shishiohime 10 - Acer Palmatum Nakakamado Weeping 11 - Acer Palmatum Peve Starfish 12 - Acer Palmatum Wilson’s Pink Dwarf 13 - Acer Palmatum Phoenix 14 - Acer Palmatum Beni Maiko 15 - Acer Palmatum Hoshi Kuzu 16 - Acer Palmatum Akane 17- Acer Palmatum Koto No Ito 18 - Acer Shirasawanum aureum + Acer Palmatum Momoiro Koyasan
