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Acer palmatum

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Joyce Goldenlily said:
    When I broke my ribs my GP told me not to laugh, cough, sneeze or breathe! Thanks Doc.
     :D 
    Hopefully all will be well with the Acer - and the ribs @susiebower :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • susiebowersusiebower Posts: 138
    @Fairygirl - thank you! :)
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    I'm not an Acer expert, but I believe that coloured stem variants are onlt coloured for a while.  Eventually they mature to grey.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • susiebowersusiebower Posts: 138
    Thanks, @bede - I read that too - but I've only had mine for a year and it's only about 4ft tall.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It depends on what you mean by grey, and where the grey bits are.
    This is why photos are so helpful  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Had my Sango Kaku in Belgium for 20 years and the only grey bits were the dead bits at the ends, killed by frosts.   The trunk and older stems do grow dull as they age but more brown.   Definitely not grey.

    Same goes for the other varieties I have.

    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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