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Acer palmatum disectum 'Tamukeyama' |
My experiment with Japanese maples goes on with only a few setbacks. I lost my seven foot 'Sherwood Flame' during the summer and I have no idea why unless the plant came with problems that came to light because of the stress of our drought this year. I've read that this can sometimes be the case with Japanese maples because of "dirty root stock".
I lost one of my Emperor I's this spring when it was budded out and we got a freeze (I missed it when covering all the others).
My Seiryu which I absolutely love started having a few problems but thankfully I discovered that it was pseudonoma syringae and I was able to remove the diseased branch before more of the plant was affected.
The plant in bright color here is my Tamukeyama (Acer palmatum disectum 'Tamukeyama') which is a cultivar with recrded history going back to 1710. It remains popular because it retains its color well throughout the summer, even in a lot of direct sun, and is even replacing some of the newer cultivars because of this ability. It starts out crimson-red in spring and it quickly turns a dark purple-red... and then in fall... well you can see for yourself what happens! It is considered a fast grower for a disectum variety and if staked, can get to 8' in about ten years. It does remain smaller in colder climates like ours. It also is supposedly capable of eventually attaining a width of ten feet or more... can't wait... it's going to be spectacular! Mine is a low graft, although it is perhaps more frequently available as a high graft.
Pictured below is my Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku' or coral bark maple. It's perhaps a bit too young to really get the rich coral red bark, although if you look close, many of the twigs are colored. This photo shows its fall color and it is the only other japanese maple that has colored up at this point. I'll share others as they change.
Take care, Larry
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