Hello; We recently moved in to a new house, where what I believe to be Japanese Maple was planted. Our neighbour had to dig it up(with our permission) so as not to run it over, when he drove his bobcat in to the back yard.I gues my first question, is wether or not this IS actually a Japanese Maple? Second, I would like to know if I can transplant it to my back yard. It is a north facing yard, but it is large, and over half of it gets full sun in the summer, and the back half gets as much sun as the front of my house(south facing) in spring and fall. I would also like to know how big this tree may get? It was orriginally planted right beside my house, so I assumed it would not grow too large, but I would like to know, just incase I need to give it more space. Thanks!! <a href="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/missmiller1982/?action=view¤t=trees006.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/missmiller1982/trees006.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> <a href="http://s26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/missmiller1982/?action=view¤t=trees011.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c106/missmiller1982/trees011.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
21' is not the upper limit for this species in local cultivation. Specimens considerably taller are known here.
Hi Miller, I was close, but here are more web pages to give you an idea... most suggest the height that I mentioned under 20 feet.... cheers.http://www.maplesxmail.com.au/pages...sumer/factsheets/trees-new/acer_palmatum.html
OH, and does anyone know if this will be an upright, upright spreading etc? Im not sure if you can tell just by looking at the photo.
Heights for assorted Acer palmatum listed by Van Pelt, Champion Trees of Washington State (1996, University of Washington Press, Seattle): 25' 24' 27' 42' 39' 31' 37' 26' 32' 34' 31' 36' The tallest one in the above list is a green A. palmatum wild-type seedling. The rest are named forms. "Though generally shrubby in many of the cultivars, the tree can be as large as 60' x 11'" ...A.L. Jacobson, Trees of Seattle - Second Edition (2006) who lists examples of wild-type A. palmatum growing in Seattle with heights of 41' 40 1/2' 38' 37 1/2' 31 1/2' 37' 31'
I know this is very late and not going to make any difference to those who asked or answered the original question. I am new here, but can't help but to jump in, having some 60+ cultivars of Japanese Maples. There are hundreds of varieties of Japanese maples - some say thousands. The height of the plant is not really predictable at this point in time unless you know exactly what the cultivar is and the growing conditions. I have varieties that won't ever be more than a foot tall, and others expect to be over 30 feet tall. What you can say is that Japanese Maples tend to respond very well to pruning, and even though it may be destined to growing to a great height when fully grown, you can keep it pruned and shaped to keep it sized at something under 10 feet without difficulty, and it can, in fact, end be maintained for decades, if not centuries, at that height. The main things that will make a difference in the eventual height of this tree is more than likely associated with the annual growth and the distance between leaf nodes, as well has how healthy the tree is, the fertilizer, light, water, and soil. With all that said, the distance to the tree precludes judging the internodal gaps and the annual growth, but if I assume that the distance between branches and/or leaves is directly related, this looks likely to become one of the taller JMs - perhaps to 20-30 feet tall over 20 years; even taller.
Hello there, I just planted a young 'gwen's rose delight' maple, it is a really beautiful tree. It is southwest facing. You mention that it is possible to keep most japanese maples at 10 feet with careful pruning, which would be ideal for us, can you say more about this? thanks, Knanuk.
