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The Grockle

Formally Croydon Seagull
Sep 26, 2008
5,782
Dorset
I have a lovely acer. just coming into leaf (see below). And....today I found a seedling that has miraculously germinated in the middle of a pot sitting 'between plants' beneath it.. Happy days.

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Looks a good sized and established, very jealous!

Is it a Bloodgood or Atropurpureum??
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
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Faversham
Looks a good sized and established, very jealous!

Is it a Bloodgood or Atropurpureum??
Having done some research (google images) it looks like a Bloodgood. Slightly thinner leaves.

It is 20 plus years old. I have seen similar, half the size, on sale in garden centres for £500 plus. :ohmy:

It was a present from my little mad bro (who is a gardener, like our grand dad on mum's side. Mr Diggins of Hove no less!).

If the seedling takes I'll be very happy :cool:
 


The Grockle

Formally Croydon Seagull
Sep 26, 2008
5,782
Dorset
Having done some research (google images) it looks like a Bloodgood. Slightly thinner leaves.

It is 20 plus years old. I have seen similar, half the size, on sale in garden centres for £500 plus. :ohmy:

It was a present from my little mad bro (who is a gardener, like our grand dad on mum's side. Mr Diggins of Hove no less!).

If the seedling takes I'll be very happy :cool:

The large specimens go for crazy money, I guess you're paying for the time it takes to get them to that size. There's a specialists Acer nursery near us and they have huge and beautiful acers for well over a 1k

I'm sure you'll get the seedling to adulthood but I think I read somewhere that the seedlings often revert back to regular palmatum that's why almost all the acers you buy are grafted to guarantee the variety is true.
 


Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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The large specimens go for crazy money, I guess you're paying for the time it takes to get them to that size. There's a specialists Acer nursery near us and they have huge and beautiful acers for well over a 1k

I'm sure you'll get the seedling to adulthood but I think I read somewhere that the seedlings often revert back to regular palmatum that's why almost all the acers you buy are grafted to guarantee the variety is true.
Thanks :thumbsup:

We shall see what we shall see.

I shall post pictures of the Big Bastard as it unfolds. It is a real cracker.
 


The Grockle

Formally Croydon Seagull
Sep 26, 2008
5,782
Dorset
Thanks :thumbsup:

We shall see what we shall see.

I shall post pictures of the Big Bastard as it unfolds. It is a real cracker.

Be great to see it later in the season I bet its a beauty in full leaf
 




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Be great to see it later in the season I bet its a beauty in full leaf
This is a couple of years old.

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Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Be great to see it later in the season I bet its a beauty in full leaf
This is a better pic, if it loads.....late season so some wind burn....

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Jack Straw

I look nothing like him!
Jul 7, 2003
7,143
Brighton. NOT KEMPTOWN!
Thanks for the advice. Luckily I am a compulsive waterer. I even watered today (but I had to take a brolly because it was raining so hard).

What do you recommend for a monthly feed? I'm a Baby Bio man for the house plants (and I have a 35 year old white lily that's still perky on BB).
BB is as good as any. All plants in pots and containers do so much better with feed.
 






The Grockle

Formally Croydon Seagull
Sep 26, 2008
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WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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That's its incredible! Is it a seiryu or Viridis?

With the help of @jevs we got to Acer palmatum dissectum but it was a bargain buy in the winter at a garden centre with no label and no leaf about 15 years ago, at about 3ft tall. Grew it in a pot for 5 years, planted out about 10 years ago, now about 8ft.

Was this taken on your estate? 🤔

It was taken on the West of the estate, the bit we like to call Hampshire :wink:
 


The Grockle

Formally Croydon Seagull
Sep 26, 2008
5,782
Dorset
With the help of @jevs we got to Acer palmatum dissectum but it was a bargain buy in the winter at a garden centre with no label and no leaf about 15 years ago, at about 3ft tall. Grew it in a pot for 5 years, planted out about 10 years ago, now about 8ft.



It was taken on the West of the estate, the bit we like to call Hampshire :wink:

It's quite upright but could be one of a few dissectums. Whatever it is it's incredible and would cost you a fortune to buy, very jealous.
 


WATFORD zero

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It's quite upright but could be one of a few dissectums. Whatever it is it's incredible and would cost you a fortune to buy, very jealous.
Never in the field of leafless winter bargains, have so many, given so much, for so few. Sadly with my gardening abilities, it's a numbers game :wink:
 


Couldn't Be Hyypia

We've come a long long way together
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Nov 12, 2006
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Near Dorchester, Dorset
Just bought a new (very old) house in Dorset. Moving in in April. Small town garden with good bones but very little stock of worth. North and South facing walls. Very overlooked. Will happily share the renovation journey on here.

Only work done is prune back a very out of shape box hedge. Hoping it will recover and not get blight.

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Green Cross Code Man

Wunt be druv
Mar 30, 2006
20,812
Eastbourne


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