When I posted pic showing Princeton Gold, I hadn't seen Sam 76 new pic ....With leaf in hand. Sam posted while I was adding that pic./we posted at virtually the same time. Only now I am having a good look.
Acer platanoides Princeton Gold..... Note how many pointed tips it has ....approx 29. and at the bottom near the leaf stalk it is sort of horse shoe shaped.
While Sam76 leaf ....not many pointed tips.. and straight across bottom by leaf stalk. Leaf is quite small... It is wrong shape for Acer platanoides.
I am leaning now towards Acer rubrum. But to be accurate the flower and winged seeds need to be seen...by an expert!
Below are 3 different Acer platanoides. All leaves are all as big as a hand. Many pointed bits. 1. Acer platanoides Drummondii. 2. Acer platanoides Princeton Gold. 3. Acer platanoides.
Thank you @Silver surfer. I've book marked the thread so will come back to it in the spring when my tree is in leaf again when I can hopefully get a correct id. I'm not really bothered if it's A rubrum or A platanoides, they are both lovely but I'd like to know which it is.
There's so many different Acer species before you add in the many cultivars. It's not sycamore or field maple or Norway maple. Does it have stripey bark?
Some leaves from our tree. The colours are rather more subdued than usual this year, we usually have a lot more of the stunning reds and scarlets. Maybe the hot summer didn’t help?
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Sam posted while I was adding that pic./we posted at virtually the same time.
Only now I am having a good look.
Acer platanoides Princeton Gold.....
Note how many pointed tips it has ....approx 29.
and at the bottom near the leaf stalk it is sort of horse shoe shaped.
While Sam76 leaf ....not many pointed tips..
and straight across bottom by leaf stalk.
Leaf is quite small...
It is wrong shape for Acer platanoides.
I am leaning now towards Acer rubrum.
But to be accurate the flower and winged seeds need to be seen...by an expert!
https://www.google.com/search?q=acer+rubrum+leaf&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj76K3wnPf6AhWgR0EAHQQYDjwQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5
But I am not an Acer expert...I find id by leaves hard.
You have to study the detail.
see www
https://www.google.com/search?q=acer+platanoides+id+leaf&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjg3f2Ir_f6AhWOSMAKHaYZDG4Q_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5#imgrc=EOH4PShQyuYLaM
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-0875-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Below are 3 different Acer platanoides.
All leaves are all as big as a hand. Many pointed bits.
1. Acer platanoides Drummondii.
2. Acer platanoides Princeton Gold.
3. Acer platanoides.
I'm not really bothered if it's A rubrum or A platanoides, they are both lovely but I'd like to know which it is.
When is the best time of year to take successful cuttings from this tree do you think?
Thanks
Your pic above shows Acer rubrum October Glory.
Acers are normally grafted to get special named cultivars.
I don't think you can get them to grow from cuttings.