Re: Japanese Maple, When to trim?>
- To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Japanese Maple, When to trim?>
- From: t*@linkfast.net (Leslie L. Smith)
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:06:11 -0600
Don & Tim, I will be interested in following this as well, I was given a
propagated *STICK* -which says Red Japanese Maple, I don't know the
botanical name either.
it has grown maybe four inches in as many weeks and now has leaves. it is
spindly --looks like the twig just streeecched up.
--leslie
>While I'm no expert on Japanese Maples, I've been doing some research prior
>to purchasing one and I suspect your plant is one of the Acer palmatum
>cultivars, of which there are many. It's my impression (and anyone, please
>correct me if I'm wrong) that the weeping habit is rather specific to the
>cultivar and that if your plant is tending to be more upright in habit,
>then you may have problems trying to force it to weep. The best "weepers"
>are those that tend to do so naturally.
>
>I'll be interested to read other replies.
>
>
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