I wonder if anyone can help me identify this acer variety? I spotted it on a walk recently and would like to grow one in my garden, but can't seem to find what variety it might be.
It looks like Acer palmatum.....a Japanese maple. There are over 1,000 named cultivars that need experts to id them. Alll are super trees that turn glorious colours in the autumn.
I looked online for a Google maps image of the acer from earlier in the year and it is very purple/red in colour. I'm now fairly convinced it's acer palmatum atropurpureum.
Thanks for the helpful links! I'm now going to get both an atropurpureum and orange dream to add to my garden!
Acer P. atropurpureum is readily available everywhere, often in variety. Very straightforward, hence the reason you find it in bargain shops and supermarkets etc.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I looked online for a Google maps image of the acer from earlier in the year and it is very purple/red in colour. I'm now fairly convinced it's acer palmatum atropurpureum.
So very sorry but the Acer in your first post cannot possibly be Acer palmatum atropurpureum...it is showing green leaves turning orange.
The leaves of Acer palmatum atropurpureum start purple and stay dark all summer...in the autumn the probably turn a fiery red.
Definitely not purpureum in the photo. @Silver surfer is right. It's far more likely to be Orange Dream , as mentioned. It's quite readily available too.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A few years ago I'd decided on either Orange Dream or Katsura. One of the local nurseries had a decent size Katsura with a few snapped branches for £15 was £40 - so that was the one I got. Katsura could be another candidate
Billericay - Essex
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That looks lovely, but I don't think thats the tree.
Attached is a pic from June 2019 from Google. As you see it's deep red/purple. Hence why I thought it could be atropurpureum, showing interesting late summer colour in the first pic.
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There are over 1,000 named cultivars that need experts to id them.
Alll are super trees that turn glorious colours in the autumn.
See University of British Columbia web site for A -Z pics of Acer palmatum named cultivars...23 pages.
https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/acer-palmatum-cultivars-photos.208/
Hmm, over 1000 varieties. May be optimistic to think someone could identify it from a picture!
Thanks for the helpful links! I'm now going to get both an atropurpureum and orange dream to add to my garden!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The leaves of Acer palmatum atropurpureum start purple and stay dark all summer...in the autumn the probably turn a fiery red.
.........atropurpureum is derived from the Latin words meaning "black" and purpura meaning "purple",
https://www.google.com/search?q="Acer+palmatum+atropurpureum"&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEooL29dnrAhUGhlwKHZ5mAxAQ_AUoAXoECBYQAw&biw=1280&bih=579
It's far more likely to be Orange Dream , as mentioned. It's quite readily available too.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
One of the local nurseries had a decent size Katsura with a few snapped branches for £15 was £40 - so that was the one I got.
Katsura could be another candidate
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Leaves go fab orange/gold in the autumn
Again leaves start green go orange and gold.
Attached is a pic from June 2019 from Google. As you see it's deep red/purple. Hence why I thought it could be atropurpureum, showing interesting late summer colour in the first pic.