this lovely maple is one mine best in show this autumn 2011 the brilliant orange is fantastic,with the contrast of glaucos color of the under leaves
That is absolutely gorgeous, thank you for posting this Alex. May I ask where you got such a large tree? This one is _very_ hard to find in Europe. I finally got a little graft from Esveld this year, but it broke off in shipping. So I still don't have one. Apparently very difficult to graft. -E
grazie Emery,this is from Esveld!:)three years ago!received by truck...one italian nursery have this maple in stock now, http://www.fessiafabrizio.it/index.php the web site is only in italian but Fabbrizio know english ,informations by e mail ...
Thanks Alex! I will check it out. I just asked Adeline if they now have any, also. What are the water requirements of pycnanthum, does it need a lot (like rubrum) as I would expect? -E
first year yes more watering around 50 litres/day, (summer);second year 250/week; 2011 spring summer only 100litre/week in on!e time:) of course this is for usda zone 9b with summer temperature over 40°
50 liters per day??? Wow... Our summers should be very similar (I think it is even hotter here), but for example if I give 50 liters here, the soil will be moist enough for a few days, and if there is mulch it will be moist even for much longer. Maybe it is because I have heavy clay 1 meter deep? Does this not also depend on the soil type? alex, do you have free draining, sandy soil?
Emery, Pepinieres Bessard, near Bourg-en-Bresse, have good specimens of A. pycnanthum (mine comes from him) grown in the ground. He is an old-fashioned pepinieriste (that's how I like them ;-)), ships within France. His prices are very reasonable. I have his latest catalog and if you need more info, send me a PM. Gomero
Kanuni i have a clay soil but when i planted the big maples i add in the hole river sand ,many river sand, for one good dreinage
