I have just bought two Acer's 1x wilson's pink dwarf and 1x little princess.. I live in prestwick south ayrshire which has had a lot of wind in the past months but I'm determined to press on, i have a shaded calm spot at the back of the garden where I can place these lovely specimens out of harms way, I am going to repot them into ceramic patio planters with Ericaceous + john innes No.3.
I have a green standard which was in a pot for about 4 or 5 years and I decided to plant it into the ground last year. It's in the middle of the garden so gets Sun from about 9am until 7pm. It's not particularly windy but obviously not that sheltered either. It grew in its usual manner last spring but then come the Autumn had a huge growth spurt. I was just over 4 feet tall when I put it in but it's now almost 6 feet tall! Needless to say I'm interested to see how it behaves again this year.
I've also got a bloodgood which enjoys Sun in the morning but is quite sheltered. That's doing well too.
My Orange dream in a pot is susceptible to wind burn so I try to move it about in the weather.
I bought a young Garnet last year and for some reason it came out into leaf but about 6 weeks later it dropped all of its leaves. I've put it into a more sheltered spot and it's about to come out again. I'll be careful to protect it this year from early morning Sun
i agree most do not like the wind, i have a couple of large trees cut down for bonsai and they just didnt like the wind and sun.
i have now built a slightly more shaded area with a slight wind break to see if helps. for several different sizes and colour acer.
but i must say my deshojo sits on my bonsai bench which has full sun until about 1pm and is a bit windy and it has had no issues so far. others in this spot but younger were not happy
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I have just bought two Acer's 1x wilson's pink dwarf and 1x little princess.. I live in prestwick south ayrshire which has had a lot of wind in the past months but I'm determined to press on, i have a shaded calm spot at the back of the garden where I can place these lovely specimens out of harms way, I am going to repot them into ceramic patio planters with Ericaceous + john innes No.3.
I've also got a bloodgood which enjoys Sun in the morning but is quite sheltered. That's doing well too.
My Orange dream in a pot is susceptible to wind burn so I try to move it about in the weather.
I bought a young Garnet last year and for some reason it came out into leaf but about 6 weeks later it dropped all of its leaves. I've put it into a more sheltered spot and it's about to come out again. I'll be careful to protect it this year from early morning Sun
There is an anti-transpirant spray you can buy to protect the leaves from the wind.
i agree most do not like the wind, i have a couple of large trees cut down for bonsai and they just didnt like the wind and sun.
i have now built a slightly more shaded area with a slight wind break to see if helps. for several different sizes and colour acer.
but i must say my deshojo sits on my bonsai bench which has full sun until about 1pm and is a bit windy and it has had no issues so far. others in this spot but younger were not happy
Beautiful Marc, have you root pruned it?
not personally yet since purchased but will need to maintain every couple of years