Acer triflorum doesn't look great
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Comments (35)Ark, the one I posted looks pretty good. Much better than last year! The other AS is not doing so hot though. Some branch die back since this spring even. I planted baby q alba, rubra, and coccinea as well as two of your commemoration offspring in a circle around it in case it doesn't make it. Hair, with regards to Sandersville heritage, the buds look uniquely different than any saccharum I've ever seen when they begin to push. The buds extend almost 2" before opening. Really weird... I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was a hybrid. I haven't seen a barbatum break bud so I can't compare it to one of those....See MoreGerminating Acer griseum seed
Comments (36)I just came across a group of three Acer Griseum in a shopping centre planting. There were seeds germinating all over the floor. have potted up around 50. They had really varied bark. Beautiful things. This cold winter here has been a huge help!...See MoreAcer palmatum 'table tops'.
Comments (17)"Holly - Have you tried ones that are a little more hardy? A couple weeks ago we had 80 degree temps for the entire week which caused everything to leaf out. Now it has been very cold and I can see which maples are doing there best. Such as Acer palmatum 'Purple Ghost' doesn't seem to care much about the low temps. Where as Acer Palmatum 'Waterfall' has lost all it's leaves. The maples that are doing better seem to be the ones that have thicker leaves, grow much faster. The ones that are having a hard time have thin leaves and grow much slower." Hi Rick - I have only tried the hardier Japanese Maples in hopes of at least giving them a running start. But no luck, and, unlike Dave's plants which he says are right out in the open with no protection, I have done my best to protect them from the wind and the sun - Colorado sun is very intense, things that are recommended for full sun in say, Oregon, can't handle it here. They still die and, as ken mentioned, they are pretty expensive and I can't afford to keep trying different cultivars. There is just no way that I can protect them from the alkaline clay soil and I think that is the deciding factor. I have just resigned myself to the fact that, other than the one that still seems to be plugging away, (an unknown green cultivar) I can't have JMs in my garden. :( Holly...See MoreAcer Triflorum
Comments (22)An update! I said "trilobum" in my previous message when I meant "triflorum" of course. That new acer triflorum I planted in the spring of 2010 didn't survive our drought later that year. That was about a 3' tall specimen as I recall. So, in the autumn of 2011, I purchased 2 more and tried again. These were about 2' tall. One was placed in the same location as the one that succumbed to the drought. The other is in a new location. Both are growing fairly slowly. They had been in the ground a couple of years when we had another serious drought for several weeks. I kept them watered. They are healthy and doing well. In the beginning, the older, larger tree didn't have great fall color. But, in recent years it has has been the color of pumpkin, slowly turning a reddish brown. It really stands out. One of the new small triflorums hasn't had very good fall color yet, but the other has been a brilliant red, much like a nice red maple....See MoreLogan L Johnson
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