Acer palmatum 'Windover'

I found this at a specialty nursery, and it was a variety I had never seen before. In fact, I can find no info on it at all!! The nursery owner said it has nice yellow fall color and stays dense and small - 6' to 8' max.

It almost looks like is has some subtle variegation in the leaves. I also like the bushiness of this plant - very stocky and tree-like.

 

Neat tree K4.

I can't find one word about 'Windover' either. If I were you, I'd pester the specialty nursery until they told me where they got it. Then just follow that trail. I love a good mystery!

I did that once when I was trying to find out about 'Van den Akker'. I ended up talking to a member of the Van den Akker family! Pretty neat.

 

UPDATE:

Fall pics of A.p. 'Windover'

 

I thought I would post some updated pics from this spring.

So far, A.p. 'Windover' seems to be a quite vigorous, yet dense growing tree. It may be a semi-dwarf, but I find it hard to call it a dwarf. The leaves are medium sized and spaced out somewhat along the branch.

A pleaseant surprise was the new growth, which I failed to capture a picture of. It is quite striking in a salmon-pink color. You can see the last of it in the picture from this morning.

 

UPDATE:

I finally found out where this plant came from! It was introduced by Brian Upchurch of Highland Creek Nursery. This cultivar was discovered growing on his in-laws property in North Carolina, which is called Windover Farm. The mother tree is about 20 years old and 12 feet high. It still retains its "lollipop" form with a straight trunk and dense, bushy, rounded crown. A delightful selection.

 

That is interesting info K4. Nice looking plant. I'm going to go and see if it made the "checklist"!

 

Very lovely tree. I still can't find any info on this one. @Kaitain4 are you still growing this one and do you graft?

 

Yes, my tree is about 7-8 ft tall now. I do graft on occasion.

 

@Kaitain4 I would love to see updated pics of this beauty if possible.

 

I may have an old one. I’ll check. This year we had a late freeze and all my maples took a hit. Most of the leaves either fell off and never grew back, or they were partially scorched and stayed on, or a combination of both. So most of my trees look somewhat threadbare at present.

I found 1 closeup of fall color. Will look some more later.

 

Sorry to hear about the hit your maples took. We had two hail storms that damaged a few of mine this year.

So whatever pics you can find I will be happy to see. Thanks @Kaitain4

 

Here’s one from this morning. It’s normally much more dense. I grafted a couple this morning on some marginal understock. We’ll have to wait til spring to know if they’re any good.

 

@Kaitain4, good afternoon, can I ask, is that the same tree as the 2009 photo? Lovely mature specimen whichever it is.

 

Yes it is. It has grown quite a bit.

 

Hey sounds good. I hope they take I'm definitely interested. It has matured nicely. Looks like a very nice understory spot as well.

 

@Kaitain4, the beauty of photos that tell the trees story. An 'impressive' maple.

 

I did manage to find a photo of Windover in fall colors. This is probably 5 years ago. It’s a very strong yellow, almost ‘School Bus Yellow’
in a good year. It does exhibit blocks and flecks of red in the leaves as well, and I had a graft of it once that turned all red in the fall. So, the color may have something to do with sun exposure. This is a very neat tree, that seems to have grown fairly evenly even though it is in the shade of a huge oak. I did tip prune if for a few years just to keep it balanced, but haven’t touched in 6 or 7 years. Let’s hope for the best on the grafts.

 

Those yellow leaves are stunning. I think its in the prefect spot. The pics you just posted and the one from Nov 08 have done it for me.

 

still cant stop looking at this tree.

did any of the grafts take?