Cheering ourselves up with Maples

What are they M?

 

Centre is 'Oriental Mystery', left is 'Red Pygmy', right is 'Kinran' and in the background is a green dissectum.

 

What a great combo with the green dissectum M. Makes the reds really pop.

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Good morning everyone! Not yet 5 a.m. here as we start another smoky day.

Remember the little Sango Kaku that got badly wounded and I was sure it wouldn't make it? Well, despite the voracious heat we've had here I took this photo last night to show how quickly it has managed to bounce back. It has been kept out of the sun and gets moderately watered every day. Once the temperatures decide to drop a little more, I can cut the watering back.

 

Fantastic Keith. Definatly a good news story for you and this thread. 'WELL DONE'.

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I'm not sure who is more pleased. The little Sango Kaku, or me!

 

Lol...

 

I told you Keith a little faith and love and it would
Come back!!

 

fine mist collects on summer's colors
'Beni otake'


'Hubbs Red Willow'


shielded from above,
'Geisha Gone Wild'

 

Good morning, following on the theme of the damp look on maples, here are some that looked quite nice a few minutes ago in my garden.

Red dragon x2, Red Flash,Yasemin, Red pygmy, Ornatum, Starfish, Ruslyn in the pink and Viridis.

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The rainbow after the rain.

 

Beautiful!!

 

'Aureum'
before and after sunrise

 

A gold medal winning Aureum if ever I saw one G.

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Mine has full sun 11-1 and dappled light afterwards, full sun close to the open ocean is not like full sun inland though.

 

I have a couple of Aureum’s because I love the cultivar so much.. one is about 5 foot tall the other 4 foot..both are bare of leaves on the lower half of the tree..some years I get a few new mini branches with leaves but they seem to die off by Autumn.. top half nice and healthy.. only in dappled sun..hence not anywhere near as colourful as yours, they are amazing

 

Actually I had to remove about a dozen lower branches recently and have pretty weak growth on a few more low ones.
Overall, only about half the density of last year's canopy.

These pics from end of May right after removal of dead branches.
Spring colo(u)rs

 

Thank you Lisa!! Checking out the pictures on this thread is certainly not helping my wallet. I just want to get them all lol

 

Thank you Keith, what a week you had last week. Hope you and your loved ones (including your maples) are okay!! We were in the high 30s earlier this week but been raining for a couple of days now so my maples are loving it.

 

I do relate, god help us! I blame @Acerholic and number of other for the love of God don’t check out @ROEBUK stuff and many others gardens I swear I work so much over time just to cover the costs!

 

This one put a big smile on my face yesterday and still is this morning.
Fairy Hair

 

Fantastic N. This has been in my all time list for a few years now. Very envious!!!

 

I thought as the sun was shining here Southern England for the first time in days and days, I would follow N @D97x7 and put on just the one today that is looking nice this morning in my garden.
Summer Gold



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Same for me, I liked it ever since getting my pocket maple book some years ago. Drop Hippopottering an email, that's what I did.