Yea the leaf shape is all wrong, but the new growth is a bit pink and then it turns a bright green before a brilliant orange in the autumn. Wonder if someone messed up the close up shot when uploading it.
I agree with @KeenOnGreen in fact we have just returned from Woldens & they do have Acers in. Actually one "fell in to our trolley " not sure how, 🤫 it's a Bi Hoo, yellow bark very striking- now where are we going to put it?
Had a very instructive trip to Kew today. It was really helpful to see the shape of the acers and I think we're going to go for a Bi-Hoo. The yellow bark is gorgeous and we liked the shape. Of course, I appreciate it would be a long time before anything we got would grow as large ... What size is yours, Allotment Boy? How many litres is the pot?
Mine is a 3 litre pot, Woldens had larger ones but they were nearly £45 . In my experience smaller plants tend to establish more quickly. , but obviously will take longer to get to the size of the one you were looking at.
Hello, I hope you are all having a good year. I'm back for some more acer advice please!
Please could someone tell me if I should expect our Bi-Hoo to have any coloured foliage yet? The leaves haven't even got any coloured edges, as was expected. The tree is thriving but not really providing the colour we were hoping for! Of course, we may have had unrealistic expectations; or it may be in the wrong sort of light situation ... Any words of wisdom would be gratefully received! Thank you!
You just need to be patient. Colour change happens when conditions are right. Hot dry conditions can cause changes because of stress, changes due to the natural process of autumn will occur according to where you live, as well as any differences in when autumn starts. This year has been very unusual here for example, due to record breaking conditions, so some plants look autumnal due to heat stress earlier in summer, and some are later because it's been much milder than normal.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Had a very instructive trip to Kew today. It was really helpful to see the shape of the acers and I think we're going to go for a Bi-Hoo. The yellow bark is gorgeous and we liked the shape. Of course, I appreciate it would be a long time before anything we got would grow as large ... What size is yours, Allotment Boy? How many litres is the pot?
Please could someone tell me if I should expect our Bi-Hoo to have any coloured foliage yet? The leaves haven't even got any coloured edges, as was expected. The tree is thriving but not really providing the colour we were hoping for! Of course, we may have had unrealistic expectations; or it may be in the wrong sort of light situation ... Any words of wisdom would be gratefully received! Thank you!
Colour change happens when conditions are right. Hot dry conditions can cause changes because of stress, changes due to the natural process of autumn will occur according to where you live, as well as any differences in when autumn starts.
This year has been very unusual here for example, due to record breaking conditions, so some plants look autumnal due to heat stress earlier in summer, and some are later because it's been much milder than normal.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...