I bought this wee gem yesterday. The grower claimed it as Acer morrisonense. I'm not sure and I'm not confident. I thought it may be A cappilipes but Ive never seen the stunning red stipules before. As we are mid way through renovations and my reference libraries packed away, I'm turning to you wise sages to help me name this treasure. Thanks in advance
Several of the snake-bark maples have red bud scales (not stipules!) like this, including A. capillipes, A. davidii, A. forrestii. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with A. morrisonense, so can't say if it is correctly identified or not.
Acer morrisonense hort. = A. rubescens Hay. "A comparatively cold-tender species...Leaf to 6" long, five-lobed (rarely three-lobed), with orange hairs beneath when very young; the stem red. It most resembles A. capillipes. Introduced to the U.S. in 1949 when seeds were received at the Seattle arboretum. Offered in British Columbia by 1990, being marketed as "fast, upright; red new growth and fall color." Specimens in Seattle stay green well into November, and flush very early in spring. Records: 60' x 6'0" Trewithen Gardens, Cornwall, England (1985; pl.1912); 34 1/2' x 4'2" Occidental, CA (1995)." - Jacobson, North American Landscape Trees
