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Re: [PRIMROSES] Japanese Maples

At 02:33 PM 04/01/98 EST, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>I'd like to try Japanese Maples here in zone 4a.  I've heard (and saw, at one
>garden) where it is possible, given enough protection.  I ran across an old,
>sketchy note of mine that said: Golden Full Moon Maple, hardy to -40 deg.
The
>species name on my note was misspelled but with the help of a Master Gardener
>friend of mine, we think it is Acer shirasawanum.  Her resources say that A
>shirasawanum LOOKS LIKE Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum?) and there is a golden
>form of it and it's often confused with A. japonicum, the real Full Moon
>Maple.
>
>My friend also found notes from a seminar that says 'Burgandy Lace' and
>'Dissectum' are 2 cultivars of Japanese Maple that will grow up here.  She
>also read in one of Michael Dirr's books that 'Bloodgood' and 'Moon Fire' are
>2 of the best but I don't know if it's because of their hardiness or some
>other reason.
>
>Can anyone tell me about these and/or know where I can buy them? Or tell me
>about others might survive here without having to completely cover them in
>winter?
>
>Thanks,
>Cindy Johnson
>White Bear Lake, MN
>zone 4a; good snow cover about 4 out of 5 years; no snow on ground yet this
>year
>
>p.s. The cover of Fine Gardening, Mar/Apr 1996, has a gorgeous picture of
Acer
>palmatum 'Dissectum Atropurpureum' with Hosta 'Frances Williams'. (This
was my
>first exposure to them.)


Cindy
        I haven't had any luck with any of the dissectums, but 'Bloodgood' and
Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' work good for me personally and any that I've
planted at customers homes. Watch out for rodent damage and try to keep
them out of the wind.

John Kee zone 4 to 5
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