Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Acer palmatum -Reply

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• Subject: Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Acer palmatum -Reply
• From: J* D* <J*@AOL.COM>
• Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 00:32:53 EST
• Approved-By: shsande@IBM.NET

Acer Palmatum

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 After some research last year, I happened upon
 a fairly new red-leaved cultivar, "Moonglow."
 Very beautiful, especially when backlit.  I think
 there is a picture in Dirr's newest woody plant
 book with all the excellent pictures.  Moonglow
 has the reputation for holding its red coloring
 through summer like Bloodgood (which I can
 vouch for here, zone 6b east of Oregon -
 although it was not a hot summer), and the
 reason I chose it instead of Bloodgood is it
 matures at about 15' instead of 25.  Good for
 the smaller garden.  You may have to do some
 homework to track one down, and they are not
 cheap (unless you get them from a small time
 grower - I do know of one in Oregon if you're
 inte >>

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