Thanks Tom. Yes, I wasn't out looking for 2 (only wanted a dissectum) but loved the shape of the katsura so much i had to buy, which didnt please my wife much
haha yeah i have to try and get plants in the garden before my wife is home from seeing to her horse! I have 7 acers and have added that one to the 'to buy' list
Those are lovely acers. I know little to nothing about acers but planted a small one in a pot two summers ago. I was told not to keep it in a pot just bigger than the root - which I did. This may not have been the best advice though, I wouldn't know.
However, it hasn't changed at all in two years and I'm thinking maybe I ought to just get it into a bigger pot. Also, it isn't ericaceous compost and I'm wondering if it should be.
Any advice would be appreciated. I've contemplated planting it in the garden but there isn't really room as it is a very small garden.
Think they're fairly slow growing yarrow, which makes them suitable for pot growing, just make sure it doesn't dry out. I've got a big one that I dug out of mum's garden and shoved in a 50cm pot with ordinary garden soil. It does ok .
I've no idea of its name. Do any of you clever Acer fans know what it might be?
This is the spring colour, taken today, bit of a red edge to the leaves. It's bright green in summer and vivid red in the autumn.
Hi Kitty, I am certainly no expert but could it potentially be a Osakazuki? I think their leaves go Scarlet in the autumn and some google pics look quite like yours?
I have been reading lots about Acer's the last week or so and the general consensus is that when you re-pot they only need to go into slightly larger pots. They can certainly live in small pots as they are ideal for Bonsai's. Ive got one myself and as long as its watered regularly its fine.
Acers don't like clay soil but can be fairly happy in most other soil types (they perhaps like slightly acidic soil but not essential). I think the most important thing is making sure they don't get waterlogged as they like good drainage and they really hate the wind. They are not overly fond of direct sunlight either.
Thanks Torg, I'll have a look at that one. Your new acers look great, I love the colour of your atropurpureum . I got one last year from "plant sick bay" for £1. It spent all summer looking like a stick in a pot but has sprouted new leaves this spring. Hoping it grows to be a lovely deep purple like yours.
hehe, is plant sick bay just 'ebay'? I like the idea of buying some un-happy cheap acers that need some TLC
Thanks, I am happy with them too. The red one isn't strictly mine, its my landlords but it was all shrivelled and hidden under some bushes at the front of the garden so they couldn't be that worried about it. sssshhhh don't tell anyone!
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The red one could be a bloodgood. I think atropurpureum is just a name given to red varieties with no cultivar but it could be one of those.
haha yeah i have to try and get plants in the garden before my wife is home from seeing to her horse! I have 7 acers and have added that one to the 'to buy' list
Those are lovely acers. I know little to nothing about acers but planted a small one in a pot two summers ago. I was told not to keep it in a pot just bigger than the root - which I did. This may not have been the best advice though, I wouldn't know.
However, it hasn't changed at all in two years and I'm thinking maybe I ought to just get it into a bigger pot. Also, it isn't ericaceous compost and I'm wondering if it should be.
Any advice would be appreciated. I've contemplated planting it in the garden but there isn't really room as it is a very small garden.
Think they're fairly slow growing yarrow, which makes them suitable for pot growing, just make sure it doesn't dry out. I've got a big one that I dug out of mum's garden and shoved in a 50cm pot with ordinary garden soil. It does ok
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I've no idea of its name. Do any of you clever Acer fans know what it might be?
This is the spring colour, taken today, bit of a red edge to the leaves. It's bright green in summer and vivid red in the autumn.
Hi Kitty, I am certainly no expert but could it potentially be a Osakazuki? I think their leaves go Scarlet in the autumn and some google pics look quite like yours?
I have been reading lots about Acer's the last week or so and the general consensus is that when you re-pot they only need to go into slightly larger pots. They can certainly live in small pots as they are ideal for Bonsai's. Ive got one myself and as long as its watered regularly its fine.
Acers don't like clay soil but can be fairly happy in most other soil types (they perhaps like slightly acidic soil but not essential). I think the most important thing is making sure they don't get waterlogged as they like good drainage and they really hate the wind. They are not overly fond of direct sunlight either.
Thanks Torg, I'll have a look at that one. Your new acers look great, I love the colour of your atropurpureum
. I got one last year from "plant sick bay" for £1. It spent all summer looking like a stick in a pot but has sprouted new leaves this spring. Hoping it grows to be a lovely deep purple like yours.
I have an acer in my clay garden. It's doing well - in fact - a little too well. I didn't expect it to get so big so soon
hehe, is plant sick bay just 'ebay'? I like the idea of buying some un-happy cheap acers that need some TLC
Thanks, I am happy with them too. The red one isn't strictly mine, its my landlords but it was all shrivelled and hidden under some bushes at the front of the garden so they couldn't be that worried about it. sssshhhh don't tell anyone!
I don't know. It looks a lot like your second one.
It was in a pot for couple of years but it was struggling - always thirsty- so I stuck it in the ground about 5 years ago.
It grows about a foot in all directions each year - not fast compared to some trees - but faster than I'd hoped.