Yes all the photos are of the same tree. It hasn't lost any branches - just got much wider and taller It starts off a pale green in spring, the photos above show the colour at this time of year, then in the autumn it gets it's autumn colours. Some years it goes very dark red, other years it's different shades of orange I took this photo 2/11/2016-
Billericay - Essex
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Yes, you have the Acer Palmatum Dissectum Atropurpureum (the Atropurpureum indicates the foliage colour) which has red/purple foliage. Mine is Acer palmatum Dissectum which has green foliage that turns orange and red in the autumn before the leaves fall
Billericay - Essex
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Could it be Acer Palmatum Dissectum Garnet? Not sure at all, but vaguely remember something with garnet in its name. Or maybe I am just imagining it because I know the colour garnet.
It could well be Garnet, but if you don't know the name, then you'll have to take your best guess. There are so many variations out there, it's hard to tell. As said much earlier, acers are grafted onto a rootstock, and it's the rootstock that determines the overall size of the tree
Billericay - Essex
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It may well be that when they get to be quite big that they're not grafted. I don't know about ornamental trees, but apple trees are grafted onto different rootstocks to reduce the overall size, so maybe the smaller acers are grafted trees to keep them small and the ones that grow much bigger like mine are not grafted - but that's just my guess. I can't see any graft marks on the one I have above. It was about 6ft when I bought it 30 yrs ago and cost £60! so it still retains the title of the most expensive plant I've ever bought
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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It starts off a pale green in spring, the photos above show the colour at this time of year, then in the autumn it gets it's autumn colours.
Some years it goes very dark red, other years it's different shades of orange
I took this photo 2/11/2016-
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Mine is Acer palmatum Dissectum which has green foliage that turns orange and red in the autumn before the leaves fall
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
As said much earlier, acers are grafted onto a rootstock, and it's the rootstock that determines the overall size of the tree
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
I don't know about ornamental trees, but apple trees are grafted onto different rootstocks to reduce the overall size, so maybe the smaller acers are grafted trees to keep them small and the ones that grow much bigger like mine are not grafted - but that's just my guess.
I can't see any graft marks on the one I have above.
It was about 6ft when I bought it 30 yrs ago and cost £60! so it still retains the title of the most expensive plant I've ever bought
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.