Acer palmatum 'Nathan'

Had this cultivar a couple of years,still trying to work out what it's supposed to look like.Often quoted as a red cultivar,this may be true though looks like it'll take quite a bit of sun to achieve.I'm trying it in more sun now as it's usually been a dark green and it's gradually changing colour.However looking at some of the leaves on this young graft it appears to want to be a reticulate....now I don't know what to do ha...guess it could also be mislabelled.
Anyone else growing it?

 

Looks similar to Beni shigitatsu sawa ? still very pretty though.

 

Cheers Roebuk,although to be honest it's been a rather dull plant so far.I never considered it to be a reticulate 'til I saw the younger plant today.Beni Shig...& Ariadne were next to it and are clearly reticulated and colourful.Maybe I'll try the lil'one in a shady spot.

 

I kept falling in love with Nathan in Maple Collector's videos on Youtube - so surprised to see that it isn't more popular! Here's mine:

 

Luke @Luke’s Maples bought one recently. He said he loves it. I can see you are going to as well Xi.

 

Thanks D - I'm certainly impressed so far! Looking forward to seeing what this little guy does over summer/autumn!

 

Nathan is settling in and putting out some really vivid colour on the new leaves:

 

Nathan is just shooting up (clearly the UK weather is doing wonders!) and continues putting out that bright growth into July:

 

If only I had room for one more maple !!!! Lol.

 

Not to try and convince you otherwise (ahem!) but mine is very columnar so far and takes up almost no room at all - it would be very very easy to squeeze one in somewhere, is all I will say!

 

Lol......

 

I'm really enjoying my Nathan - the new growth is consistently such a joy, it catches my eye amongst all the others in the garden:

 

Certainly catching my eye Xi. It pops !!!

 

Nathan in October:

 

Bright red leaves at the end of the month:

 

A very nice surprise at the beginning of spring: I wasn't expecting Nathan to look like this!

 

More it's normal Spring colours IMO Xi. I do wonder why it's not more popular.

 

More of Nathan's spring colour:

 

Are you thinking this is also going to be a pale year with Nathan Xi ? Doesn't matter tbh, its lovely.

 

Haha, I certainly wouldn't complain if it kept these interesting pale colours well into the summer, that's for sure! Last year it was a lovely deep red that didn't look like the Nathan in the videos I fell in love with (but was a gorgeous shade all of its own!) so it would be nice if it was a bit paler this year just for some variety!

 

We love them however they turn out!!

 

Nathan's lost that creamy centre to its leaves and is starting to deepen up the colour in preparation for sunny summer days:

 

We're having a muted moment, but I'm expecting that bright red to start coming through any day now:

 

Bit more sun I think Xi. But the mellow colours are just as nice IMO.

 

Hmm, that's true - I did move it so that could well be contributing. Let me give it another few weeks, and if it keeps these subtle colours I might think about slowly migrating it to a sunnier spot again. The joys of container gardening - all that moving things around certainly gives me a workout!