There is an old antique store down town here that is just full of old junk. The store has not been opened for years but had a good sized maple in an old plastic pot that was in the front window. No clue how long it has been there. I have left notes on the door and always look when going by to see if it was open. The poor maple did not have a very good life with branches going everywhere, hardly watered, never repotted and blowing out of the pot, and I doubt it was ever fertilized. The other day I had to visit a computer store right next door and I saw and old lady unlocking the front door of the old antique store. By the time I got parked and to the door she had shut and lock it. I knocked several times and she finally opened the door a crack and said "what do you want, I'm not open". I pointed to the maple which was right off my right shoulder and asked her if she would sell it. She said no and shut the door. As I was walking away, she opened the door again and said she would sell it, but she had to have $50. The tree had a lot of live leaves but many more dead ones. I gave her $50.00 and brought it home. She did tell me it had been in the window for 30 years or more, in the very same pot it was in now. I am not sure which Japanese maple it is, but the leaves are 1"- 1.5" across and have orange trim around the edges. I tried to find out which maple it might be and came up with a
This is the only one I saw that had the number of lobes and the orange/pink margins. The tree has yellow bark and you can see it is grafted. I would think it could be air layered to get rid of the graft. Any thoughts and suggestions as to the best way to turn this into a nice tree would be appreciated.
Acer palmatum Metamorphosa ('Arjos1'PBR)
This is the only one I saw that had the number of lobes and the orange/pink margins. The tree has yellow bark and you can see it is grafted. I would think it could be air layered to get rid of the graft. Any thoughts and suggestions as to the best way to turn this into a nice tree would be appreciated.
