The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
Looks a good sized and established, very jealous!
Is it a Bloodgood or Atropurpureum??
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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.
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
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
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.
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
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
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
Thanks
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
I'd love an acer but we have tried two before and its just too windy in our garden. They all get wind burn and sulk...
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If we're posting pictures of Acers one of mine, summer and autumn
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
BB is as good as any. All plants in pots and containers do so much better with feed.
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
Magificent!
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
That's its incredible! Is it a seiryu or Viridis?
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Was this taken on your estate?
A mex eyecan
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yes, the butler took it whilst out walking in the grounds with the maid.Was this taken on your estate?
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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
The Grockle
Formally Croydon Seagull
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
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.
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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
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.
Only work done is prune back a very out of shape box hedge. Hoping it will recover and not get blight.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Is that a Eucalypt to the right in the foreground on the second photo?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
That looks like a fantastic project!