Sam, that's a very pretty plant. Nice shape, too. This was sent in the mail? Looks too big, a 150 or so? Certainly has a very nice large trunk, too. Your ground looks like mine: wet and heavy. Thanks for drawing this one to our attention. -E
Bought as a 100/125 for 56.60 Euros plus carriage and tax of course I am very pleased so far and will be buying from Esvelds again I hope Hemelrijk packaging was damaged in transit, but the delivery man had it unpacked and set out on my lawn with the damaged side turned away from my door. I glanced over, all seemed well, and I signed .... (typical lawyer) As it turned out .... there was no damage done It looks good Kinran is also another one I am very pleased with, as is Shigage ori Nishiki Yes ... you are right ... my garden is heavy clay ... and this year wet wet wet
i agree with you on Red Trompenberg parentage because of the leaf convexity and coloring; in fact as soon as I saw your great photos, i thought "TROMPENBERG" even before I saw your words to the right. lovely plant which I am sure you will enjoy. thanks for sharing it. I wud love to buy from Esveld but I am pleased my European forum colleagues can.
I have long been meaning to purchase Kinran. Not sure if this will be the year though. I've bought from Esveld for 4 years now, they have been a reliable supplier in terms of quality. Which is not to say all of the plants have prospered... I haven't gotten it together to send in my fall order yet though. Maybe it doesn't feel enough like summer. The ground is absolutely saturated with water, I've had losses, and some wonderful plants like A. tutcheri just hanging in there, the young red leaves turning an etiolated yellow before going dark bronze, with crispy edges. -E
We have had a disastrous year for the Japanese maples this year with incessant rain for almost 3 months waterlogging the ground Whilst this has resulted in an absolutely astounding seed production, it has meant that very few indeed of my trees have shown autumn colour, many leaves just shrivelling to brown and falling off Of my new trees Kinran and Moonfire in particular have simply just lost their leaves with no colour change at all Hemelrijk has been an exception although it is fast succumbing ......
