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ACER
SPECIMEN SIZED VARIETIES OF ACER PALMATUM ARE IN 7.5 OR 10 LITRE POTS AND ARE ALL APPROXIMATELY 4-6 FEET IN HEIGHT.
SPECIMEN SIZED VARIETIES OF ACER PALMATUM DISSECTUM ARE SMALLER GROWING AND THEREFORE CONSIDERABLY SMALLER IN SIZE ALTHOUGH OF A SIMILAR AGE.
Genus of 120 species of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, from woodlands mainly, in Europe, northern Africa, Asia and North and Central America.
Some form large trees and others are understorey plants. The most popular decorative forms are from the palmatum group, Japanese maples which have been cultivated in Japan for centuries and is a well-known temple tree and bonsai subject . They have appeared in art forms for centuries.
Palmatum (hand-like) was the name given by Swedish doctor-botanist Carl Peter Thunberg late in the 18th century, following the ancient Japanese where they were likened to hands of frogs or hands of babies.
The UK representative is the field maple, A. campestre, a medium-sized tree favouring chalk soils but widely planted. It is a wildlife plant attractive to aphids which are preyed on by ladybirds, hoverflies and birds. Caterpillars eat the leaves and the nectar and pollen in the flowers attract insects as well.
The wood has the highest density of all the European maples and is used for veneers and harps.
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- Plants which produce masses of pollen - to avoid
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- How to plant/move a shrub
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- When is the right time to collect seeds?
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- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting
Buy Varieties of ACER
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Seiryu'
weeping lace leafed maple with upright growth to 10ft and arching branches. Bright green foliage in spring colouring golden yellow in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Tamukeyama'
mound-forming weeping habit. Red new growth. Purple-red in summer. Brilliant red in autumn
ACER palmatum dissectum 'Viridis'
light green, ragged foliage turning crimson in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Emerald Lace'
arching habit with finely divided green leaves
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Fireglow'
deep purple-red foliage similar to 'Bloodgood' but considered to be an improved form
ACER palmatum 'Japanese Sunrise'
yellow-green leaves in spring, deep green in summer and gold in autumn. Brightly coloured bark. Tolerant of sun
ACER palmatum 'Kamagata'
red-tinted green leaves turning scarlet in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Katsura'
red stems, golden young foliage
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Metamorphosa'
a 2018 RHS Plant of the Year finalist. The leaf colour starts a pale yellowish-green, then develops white edging to the leaf in late spring., the leaves turn reddish in parts of the plant in the summer and the autumn colour is a golden-yellow. A true metamorphosis in a season
ACER palmatum 'Moonfire'
deeply-lobed wine-red leaves in spring and summer turning fiery-red in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Okagami'
purple-red foliage in spring which develops greenish tones and turns red-scarlet in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Omure Yama'
orange-green foliage in spring turning gold-crimson in autumn. Pendulous habit
ACER palmatum 'Orange Dream'
yellow-golden leaves unfold in spring becoming greenish in summer and orange-yellow as autumn nears
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Osakazuki'
slightly bronze foliage, scarlet autumn colour
ACER palmatum 'Phoenix'
pink-tinted foliage in spring turning red, orange and yellow in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Red Emperor'
red foliage in spring and summer turning crimson-red in autumn. Upright habit
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Red Pygmy'
a slow growing dwarf form with reddish-purple leaves
ACER palmatum 'Roseomarginatum'
green foliage is variegated irregularly with white and rose-pink on the edges especially on the new growth
ACER palmatum 'Sango-kaku'
('Senkaki') - young branches coral-red. Good yellow autumn colour
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium'
green leaves with 7 long linear segments which are thin and narrow. A very dainty appearance and a soft yellow colouration in autumn. One of the best forms of A.palmatum in the garden at Burncoose
ACER palmatum 'Scolopendriifolium' 'Atropurpureum'
bronze form of this excellent narrow leaved acer
ACER palmatum 'Shaina'
upright growing compact and dense variety with bright red new foliage which matures to deep maroon red
ACER palmatum 'Shidava Gold'
bright green stem. Fresh green leaves turning gold in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Shindeshojo'
brilliant glittering scarlet spring foliage becoming shrimp pink and bronzy-green then orange in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Shirazz'
pink-margined pinkish-green leaves turning scarlet in autumn
ACER palmatum 'Skeeters Broom'
foliage maroon to red in spring turning bright red in autumn. Dense upright habit
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Sumi-nagashi'
red new growth turning bronze-green
ACER palmatum 'Summer Gold'
golden yellow leaves in summer. Shows good resistance to heat and sun
ACER palmatum 'Trompenburg'
purplish-red young leaves, later green with red autumn colour
Gift-wrapping available
ACER palmatum 'Ueno Yama'
intense orange new growth turning orange-green and yellow in autumn
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