This is a link to the planting list in Raleigh, this is a Zone 7b or 8a so I would guess these are warmer weather maples. http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/horticulture/current_plantings/current_plantings_results.php?textsearchfullname=Acer&Submit2=Start+Search&textsearchfamily=&textsearchcommon=&textsearchaccession=&textsearchbed= [X] approved for viewing by and for other southerns
I don't have a picture of the Acer caudatifolium 'Variegata' variegated Kawakami maple, however I do have a link to a Acer rubrum 'Candy Ice' http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarbor...ng_photographs_details_individuals.php?ID=584
Richard, thanks for the link, I've enjoyed looking through their list. Like Alex I am intrigued by the variegated caudatifolium. Are you saying the variation is like Candy Ice? Nice pic! I planted a FS Candy Ice this year, it's a fabulous maple; with the sun shining through the crown it really looks like pink frosting on top. The initial flush of growth the variegation wasn't very marked, but the second flush showed lots of pink. Fall colour was a nice yellow with pink and white dots, very pretty. -E
Alex, I have no great experience yet with Candy Ice as it's in its first year. But my sense is that it will not need pruning to stay variegated, just watching to make sure that any reverted twigs get cut out. Hope it will be pretty stable. Perhaps someone with longer experience will comment. Richard I have a seed grown A. discolor that is doing pretty well here, so maybe that is one for you to try. I like the leaves, the young ones are trilobed but on old wood almost like A. fabri. Haven't seen flowers yet. -E
This is the nursery that found the tree in Virginia, of all places, what da ya know?http://www.woodlanders.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_id=2
Richard for realized one variegated tree the start is one tree with leaves not in good healt ,like the leaves,when have "clorosi"or fungi attached ,after the nursery cut this branch with leaves and graft on tree with good ealth ;the difficult is the seletion and the stabile variegated ;better ,es.one acer Davidii have leaves with fungi attak ,and another one with leaves in good health ,the nurseryman cut one brancht of Davidii with leaves not in good health and graft this on Davidii" good" after one osservation (and many years)you have realised cultivar Hansu Suru(see pics in gallery)this is my know out Emery i 'm happy that acer Discolor is a beautiful maple because i order one to Esveld for next spring, but i don't seen pics of this maple again !!ciao alex
Yes I now reversions are common in all species, and I try to find out if the tree is stable before I buy it. I sure don't need to give someone a tree and then have them call me back in five years to say it is now a different tree. I am lacking that one book and a lot of experience but I am not getting any younger and that could mean, at any given moment my tree planting days will be over, so I have to just keep pushing forward making mistakes and learning from them. It is a good way to learn, however very costly. Salute
