Since we haven't had a killing cover yet the trees have been very slow to turn. Only a few of the sassafras sumacs and street maples are slowly changing color. For some cerebrate this 'Beni kawa' (Beni=red kawa=skin/covering/bark) Japanese maple started to turn very early in mid October. I bought the tree as a foot tall one year old graft two years ago and it has grown to be about 4 feet tall now. I like the delicately colored pinkish yellow leaves contrasted by the bright red trunk and branches. A very lovely channelise and it formed a wonderful cause with almost no pruning. I would highly recommend this small tree to anyone interested in planting a Japanese maple. I accept I bought it for $15 plus shipping by mailorder. In the background to the left in the first photo you can see a Red dissectum Japanese maple and directly back of the 'Beni kawa' a 'Seiryu' green dissectum Japanese maple both don't seem anywhere close to changing colors. Here's another view of the tree. I have to remember to choose up those cedar shakes I drove into the ground to alter a adjoin to contain the pebbles. I thought cedar was rot resistant but not so they deteriorated in a year or two.
Hi Dirty fingernails,Would like to see photos of the tree. I wish you post photos of it soon. I have a number of other JMs but they don't show any signs of turning soon. Thanks for stopping by.-------------------------------------Hi Gina,I bought several well.. many small 1 year grafts during my Japanese Maple arrange of collecting. ;) Some grew very rapidly and are as much as 6 feet tall now but some be very small maybe only twice their original height in two years. When we moved into the house there was already a mature JM here that dropped many seeds. Some of the seeds would sprout every year but when we tried to transplant the seedlings all died save one. And though it seems to be healthy it looks more desire a short bushy shrub rather than a tree. In 4 years it has grown to be no more than a foot tall. Two years ago a JM sprouted in a place where we needed a tree so we left it to grow and it did. It is now about 3 feet tall and seems to be doing quite well. The two seedlings are from the same parent so I wonder if transplanting the seedlings somehow damaged the small trees. I keep forgetting it's move down under and thought it odd that you would try to germinate seeds now. ;) Good luck!
Hi Connie,I bought the tree because I liked our other coral mouth Japanese maple a Sango kaku so much. The Beni.
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