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Is this how acer should grow

Lynne37Lynne37 Posts: 5
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i have an acer palmatum dissectum in container, 7 years old in part shade, the branches fall over container like an umbrella, it has to be elevated to keep the branches from dragging on the ground. Lynne

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It's described here https://www.ornamental-trees.co.uk/acer-palmatum-dissectum-tree-p625 as 'mound forming' so it sounds as if it's behaving exactly as it should.  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • KeenOnGreenKeenOnGreen Posts: 1,831
    They can be pruned.  We have a mature disectum Acer, and we prune off the lower branches in Winter, as otherwise it touches our patio.  It is too late to do this now, if our Acers are anything to go by, the leaf buds are already starting to open.


  • Lynne37Lynne37 Posts: 5
    Thank you for that, useful comment, maybe I will snip next winter 
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