How is lovely Glen Clova these days Amanda? Which end are you at - the Driesh/Mayar end or the southern end? I'd agree with doc and Dove re the graft too.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi Dove from Above, ahh yes you are correct. A rather wild and windy place but I have transformed an acre plot of overgrown rushes and weeds to my wonderful peace of heven and a place I love to be every day come rain, snow or blow, a challenge I just hope remains through another winter, especially when moved here, that you will never be able to have a garden in the Glen, farrrrr tooo Cold, Mmm I was not going to be cheated out of having some sort of garden by isle pescy rabbits, deer and all the wild life that comes with living here, and we live it.
I think there's a graft there and a strong bud from the rootstock has grown up through the graft and formed a branch.
I'm not an acer grower, but my instinct would be to pull the branch downwards and rip it away, hopefully removing the growing point at the same time ... but being careful not to rip the bark around the joint.
What do others think?
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If you are really positive that it is not grafted then is it possible that you have got some sort of stem canker on the 'odd' branch which is causing the change in colour. I have a number of acers in pots and occasionally have to cut off a 'poorly' branch.
Thank you for your views, mmm I think I will leave it for this winter as it does look quite lovely with the two different types of leaves with colour this time of the year, also, the branch balances the wee tree out in its pot. Thanks again.
Hi near neighbour! We used to grow many different Acers sp and named cultivars.
You have a lovely special grafted cut leaf Acer. Acer palmatum dissectum or named cultivar. It is grafted on to the large leaf common Acer palmatum...which has suddenly grown and thrown out a new branch. Acer palmatum dissectum grows very slowly. Acer palmatum grows much more quickly. If you do not remove the new branch very soon it will continue to grow very fast and the finer dissected leaves will be swamped by it. By all means wait until winter but I recommend very strongly that you remove that rogue branch.
Sorry @Kate 7, but it is not just the colour, but the completely different leaves. One lot are common palmatum, the others are palmatum dissectum, therefore 2 different plants.
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I'd agree with doc and Dove re the graft too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
well managed to get the pic I think you are needing to see. Does look like a graft now? but never shown the other type of fine cut eaves until now.
I'm not an acer grower, but my instinct would be to pull the branch downwards and rip it away, hopefully removing the growing point at the same time ... but being careful not to rip the bark around the joint.
What do others think?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We used to grow many different Acers sp and named cultivars.
You have a lovely special grafted cut leaf Acer.
Acer palmatum dissectum or named cultivar.
It is grafted on to the large leaf common Acer palmatum...which has suddenly grown and thrown out a new branch.
Acer palmatum dissectum grows very slowly.
Acer palmatum grows much more quickly.
If you do not remove the new branch very soon it will continue to grow very fast and the finer dissected leaves will be swamped by it.
By all means wait until winter but I recommend very strongly that you remove that rogue branch.
One lot are common palmatum, the others are palmatum dissectum, therefore 2 different plants.
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