Cultivar spelling is corrected. Thanks to all that chimed in. In my garden everything has a shelf life. Well for that matter...a few are untouchable. Sooner or later I will determined what stays/goes or what relocates. I don't mean for it to be that way but space is space and you do with it as you see fit. The Acer was only 8-12 inches tall when given to me. That being the case it was planted at the best possible place at the time. In another few years I will move it to another location IF I Have the room. If not I will give it away to some appreciative person that will continue to care for it. Dave

Grisuem and Bloodgood in my zone in sun do fine once established. Bloodgood may leaf scorch in the first year or two, but once its established and if on an irrigation system - it generally won't scorch. It will however turn a bit more green/bronze but not quite scorched. This particular location has afternoon sun but almost no sun in the morning as the house shades it. The preference for these two would be morning sun, but I do know that they can handle afternoon sun if watered well. Eventhough they are both very different in looks, I'm ok with either in that location. More interested in trying to get to about 20+' in height in some amount of time. I'd really like to put a beech purporea tri-color there, but that definitely won't take the full sun in my zone and that probably grows just as slow. I'm curious as to how fast Griseum and Bloodgood grows if pruned for vertical growth rather just let to grow wide. I have a griseum that was planted last year and it put on close to 2ft (from 6 t 8ft) and caliper went from 1.5 to 2.5in. It was kind of shocking to me as I was figuring 6in to 1ft at most and minimal caliper growth. I don't know how long it will sustain this type of growth, but thicker caliper is usually a very good sign in trees. Pruning for vertical growth seems to help a lot of trees grow vertical (especially bloodgood, crape myrtles, prunus species, etc ). I know if you let Bloodgood has its way, it'll be 6ft in 5 years, but if you stake and prune it to go vertical, it can easily reach 12ft in 5 years. the question is what does it look like after 12ft ? Too many bloodgoods(and griseum) don't have vertical leaders. . So, if anybody has any data on how fast(or slow) their bloodgood or griseum, it would be greatly appreciated.

Yup, this was the only successful seedling it sowed itself the 3 years I had this tree. I haven’t seen any other seedlings Germinate. I know it will never be the exact same as the parent but generally looks very similar that you can’t tell the difference unless you inspect it closely. Which is good enough for me. Ken, I didn’t intend to include any humor, I was actually serious that maybe I’ll start growing more cultivar trees from seed rather than having to graft. I have some conifer cultivars I want to try growing from seed and hope that at least one will be identical so I don’t have to go through the hassle of grafting. The number of seedlings... hmm. I always have someone I can give away to actually.

Without photos that clearly illustrate the problems, it is impossible to say.