Well, I though I bought a regular old Japanese maple...

[JoeR]

Yes very possible. When leaves mature they do look rounder and fuller and not quite so incised. It was tough for me to get it to color but I was able to do so last year. It loves a more shaded location. It scorches quite easily. At least mine did.

Mine also scorch easy it appears.

 

[thumblessprimate1]

Which is exactly why I go through my trees in fall, collect the seeds and plant them. Hopeing to stumble upon one with attractice qualities. Acer palmatum 'Arakawa X Deshojo' anyone?

Had a similar thought when my Orange Dream leafed out beside my Cedar Elm. Such a nice refreshing contrast between the thick bark of the Elm and bright orange spring foliage of the maple.

 

[Vance Wood]

You very well may do that. The only problem of naming the cultivar and marketing it you have to be able to grow it by cuttings or grafting. I may have misunderstood the previous post but Elms and Maples do not pollinate with each other, therefore there will be no hybrids.

 

[rodeolthr]

I have many seedlings which have come from my acer shirasawanum 'Palmatifolium' which closely resemble yours. Very strong growers, but in my case they often require total defoliation or cut-back to induce a second flush of growth. The leaves and internodes can be quite large/long, but seem to reduce nicely with time and limited space.

 

[Dav4]

I have many seedlings which have come from my acer shirasawanum 'Palmatifolium' which closely resemble yours. Very strong growers, but in my case they often require total defoliation or cut-back to induce a second flush of growth. The leaves and internodes can be quite large/long, but seem to reduce nicely with time and limited space.

Thank you! I'll look into that. I feel like this could be a named cultivar because the leaves look SO familiar to me... but I could be wrong. I'll check out acer shirasawanum 'Palmatifolium' and compare.

 

[LanceMac10]

Kamagata?


Good luck figuring it out!! Variation on one tree alone is pretty significant...who can tell?
One of mine looks somewhat similar, and I've no clue....

 

[Dav4]

Kamagata?
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Good luck figuring it out!! Variation on one tree alone is pretty significant...who can tell?
One of mine looks somewhat similar, and I've no clue....
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Definitely not Kamagata. I know the likelihood of successfully IDing this one is remote, but it's kinda fun trying.

 

[Adair M]

Definitely not Kamagata. I know the likelihood of successfully IDing this one is remote, but it's kinda fun trying.

Have you asked the dude at the Growing Grounds?

 

[Dav4]

Have you asked the dude at the Growing Grounds?

I suppose I could but I doubt he'd remember me or the tree... I'm thinking of swinging by there this coming June and might show him some pictures and see what he thinks.

 

[Vance Wood]

The only thing you know for sure is that it is a Japanese Maple, be happy with that.

 

[leatherback]

You very well may do that. The only problem of naming the cultivar and marketing it you have to be able to grow it by cuttings or grafting.

Oh, no. I am not after money. I leave that to other people. If I were to stumble opun something nice, I would go to one of the maple cultivation centres in the Netherlands. That is nice bonus I have.The Netherlands is argualy the most important plant cultivation countries in the world. (The Dutch have developed over 40% of all plant varieties now commercially grown globally, and of all new plants going to market, 65% have been developed in the Netherlands)