I think it would be interesting for all "maple lovers" to know the most important maple nurseries of the world (means those where one can find a lot of cultivars for sale) Here's some I heard about but please continue this thread if you know others : USA California Wildwood Maples 300 cultivars available Ric, Sara, and Joe Monte 10300 Sonoma Highway Kenwood, California (55 miles north of San Francisco) Website : http://www.wildwoodmaples.com/ Momiji Nursery provides over 200 individual cultivars Mike and Sachi Umehara 2765 Stony Point Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95407 - (55 miles north of San Francisco) - Satellite view Website : http://www.japanesemaple.com Mountain Maples Propagate and grow over 280 cultivars of ACER palmatum Don and Nancy Fiers 54561 Registered Guest Road, Laytonville, California - (160 miles north of San Francisco) Website : http://www.mountainmaples.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Oregon Maplewood Nursery The largest collection of Japanese maples in the United States STEWART M WILSON JR. 311 Maplewood Lane, Roseburg, Oregon (180 miles south of Portland) Website : ??? Stanley & Sons Nursery grow 400 varieties of Japanese Maples and over 2000 varieties of Conifers 11740 SE Orient Drive, Boring, Oregon (25 miles south-east of Portland) - Satellite view Website : http://www.stanleyandsons.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------- Virginia Eastwoods Nurseries About 60 cultivars available 634 Long Mountain Road, Washington, Virginia 22747 Website : http://www.japanesemaples.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Netherlands Esveld Nursery The collection is over 600 different maples. D.M. van Gelderen Rijneveld 72, NL-2771 XS Boskoop (50 km south of Amsterdam) Website : http://www.esveld.nl/ ----------------------------------------------------------- France MAILLOT BONSA 900 cultivars Guy MAILLOT Le bois Frazy 01 990 RELEVANT (440 km south of Paris) Website : http://www.maillot-bonsai.com ----------------------------------------------------------- Belgium Ppinire C.E.C.E (See pictures) 200 cultivars Benot Choteau Avenue Lopold III, 12 7130 Bray - 60 km south of Brussels Website : http://www.cece-choteau.be ----------------------------------------------------------- England Heathside Nursery Wilderness Lane, Shortthorn Road Stratton Strawless Norwich, NR10 5NX Website : http://www.maplespecialists.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------- Australia Maples X Mail 33 cultivars available 274 Main Rd, Toolangi, Vic. 3777 (80 km north-east of Melbourne) Website : http://www.maplesxmail.com/ -----------------------------------------------------------
My guess is that this post belongs to the links section. I would add a historical European stalwart: Fratelli Gilardelli, http://www.gilardelli.it/ in Milano, which I have the chance of visiting next week. Gomero
